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1: When You Reach Me.

This is a really good, really mysterious book. It’s written by Rebecca Stead (google Rebecca Stead when you reach me) and it takes place in 1979. The main character is a girl named Miranda, and there is a lo going on in her life. First, her mom is going on the show $20,000 Pyramid,then Richard, Miranda’s mom’s friend who is quizzing her so she can win $20,000 Pyramid, asks her to marry him, then her best friend Sal stops being her best friend. So Miranda becomes friends with Collin and Anne Marie. Then, one day, Miranda starts getting notes from a mysterious, unidentified person. The person tells Miranda that he needs her to write a letter, so he can ’save her friends life and possibly his own.’

Some parts are a little confusing (personally, I think only a genius would get it) like when Marcus (if you’ve read the book, Miranda first calls him ‘The Kid Who Punched Sal’) talks to her about the book she’s reading, A Wrinkle in Time, and Marcus is saying that if they came back 5 minutes before they left they would see themselves leave.

It’s really mystifying and not as obvious as some ‘mystery’ books. In fact, I don’t think you would ever know who it was just by guessing. Unfortunately, if you do not have an advanced readers copy, you won’t be able to actually read the book until July.

When it comes out though, I suggest you read it right away.