2009م - 1444هـ
When You Reach Me



Book Summary

All their lives, twelve-year-olds Miranda and Sal have been like two

sides of the same coin: inseparable. Now everything has changed, and

Miranda isn’t sure why. She thinks it has something to do with Sal

getting punched one day. As they were walking home from school

a neighborhood kid simply walked up and hit him. Since, Sal hasn’t been himself. Not

only is he afraid, but he no longer wants to hang out with Miranda and won’t say what

is wrong. Miranda feels lost without her best friend. Even worse, she especially needs

him now, because scary things have been happening. Someone who knows all about

her is leaving cryptic notes that predict danger to someone she cares about. Is this just

a game, or does Miranda truly hold the life of a loved one in her hands?



Prereading Activities



Building Background and Making Predictions

Miranda’s story about Sal and the mysterious note writer includes

many references to her favorite book, A Wrinkle in Time, a real

novel that won the Newbery Medal in 1963. Read a summary of this

novel below. Then make predictions based on evidence from the

text and/or from your prior knowledge or personal experience.

A Wrinkle in Time is about three children, Meg, Charles,

and Calvin, who have strange encounters with three timeand-space travelers, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Which, and Mrs. Who.

These ladies bring news of Meg and Charles’s missing father,

a scientist. They say he is in grave danger and the children

must save him. With the ladies’ help, the children go to the

planet Camazotz. There, Meg and Charles’s father is held

prisoner by an evil force called IT. Together the children must

save him and themselves from falling under IT’s power.