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First Edition: Newberry Winner, When You Reach Me," signed by author

Item Number: 548

Estimated Value: 100 USD
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Item Description

Winner of the 2010 John Newbery Medal. First edition signed copies are selling for $300.

Synopsis: By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it’s safe to go, like the local grocery store, and they know whom to avoid, like the crazy guy on the corner.

But things start to unravel. Sal gets punched by a new kid for what seems like no reason, and he shuts Miranda out of his life. The apartment key that Miranda’s mom keeps hidden for emergencies is stolen. And then Miranda finds a mysterious note scrawled on a tiny slip of paper:

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

The notes keep coming, and Miranda slowly realizes that whoever is leaving them knows all about her, including things that haven’t even happened yet. Each message brings her closer to believing that only she can prevent a tragic death. Until the final note makes her think she’s too late.

Item Special Note

Absorbing.
— People Magazine

"Every word, every sentence, has meaning and substance ... [in this] smart and mesmerizing book."
— The New York Times Book Review

"Readers ... are likely to find themselves chewing over the details of this superb and intricate tale long afterward."
— The Wall Street Journal

"No detail is small, no character minor, in this intricately plotted novel in which the nature of time emerges as the most compelling mystery of all."
— The Washington Post

"[T]een readers will circle back to the beginning and say, ‘Wow...cool.’”
— Kirkus Reviews, Starred

"Closing revelations are startling and satisfying,
but quietly made."
— The Horn Book Magazine, Starred

"[Q]uite wonderful … [j]ust as Miranda rereads L’Engle, children will return to this."
— Booklist, Starred

“This unusual, thought-provoking mystery will appeal to several types of readers.”
— School Library Journal, Starred

“It’s easy to imagine readers studying Miranda’s story as many times as she’s read L’Engle’s.”
— Publishers Weekly, Starred