By Rebecca Stead
9780385737425
In this book, awarded the 2010 Newbery Award, our main character is Miranda a sixth grader who presents the reader with a good representation of the present day life style of many young people around us. Yes, Miranda is a Latchkey Kid living with her mom in New York City
Miranda and her next door neighbor, Sal, another sixth grader, negotiate their way every day back and forth to school past the homeless, in particular one man who sleeps at night under the mailbox, and the older youths who hang around and look menacing to the passing Miranda. Miranda and her mother, a paralegal, have their dreams for a possible financial windfall should Miranda’s mom be successful on a game show. The preparation for this game show has become a family project with even Richard, mom’s boyfriend, taking part by lending his support also.
Early in this story Miranda is presented with the challenge of trying to determine the identity of the sender of notes that are coming her way in mysterious methods. These notes convey the baffling message that the writer will be coming to save the life of a friend of Miranda’s but that Miranda must write back to the writer of these notes. For almost the entire length of the book the identity of the note sender is unclear. However the reader to who takes note of Miranda’s interest in time travel will consider that the final turn of this book makes more sense.
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