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Stead, Rebecca. When you reach me. Wendy Lamb/Random House, 2009
[978-0385-73742-5]
It is the 1970's and a twelve-year-old girl helps prepare her mom to
appear on the show, $20,000 Pyramid.  The girl starts getting
mysterious notes from someone who appears to know what will happen in
the future.  Meanwhile her best childhood friend gets up by a strange
neighborhood boy and suddenly they are no longer best of friends.
Then there is a strange homeless man on the street which she tries to
avoid every day on the way home from school.  This 197 page book
multi-dimensional book which actually centers around time travel.  It
is not your usual, "hop in a time machine" type book but a
sophisticated discussion of time travel and its implications.  I am
not sure what the audience is for this book. I was not enthused while
reading it but everything kind of wrapped up nicely at the end.  Kids
will read it because it won the Newbery Medal but will they like it?
We will see.

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Frederick Muller, Librarian
Halsted Middle School Library
Newton, NJ
mullinator52@gmail.com
My book reviews are compiled at http://www.mullersreviews.com
My book review blog is at http://MullerInTheMiddle.blogspot.com

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