When You Reach Me

Winner of the 2010 Newbery Medal for best US children's book

Four mysterious letters change Miranda’s world.

Miranda and Sal are best friends, but when Sal gets punched by a new kid for no apparent reason, he shuts Miranda out of his life. Then she finds a mysterious note scrawled on a tiny slip of paper:

I am coming to save your friend’s life, and my own.
I ask two favours. First, you must write me a letter.

Miranda finds other notes left for her in strange places and she realises that whoever is leaving them knows all about her, including things that haven’t even happened yet…

When You Reach Me is a story about friendship and time. It’s an intriguing puzzle with pieces that fit together in the most intricate and unexpected ways.

Praise for When You Reach Me:

‘Humorous, pacey, mindbending.’

— Martine Murray 

‘In this taut novel, every word, every sentence, has meaning and substance.’

— New York Times 

‘One of the best children’s books I have ever read and books of this sort do not drop out of the sky every day. They don’t drop out of the sky every year.’

— School Library Journal