When You Reach Me

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I read a book called When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead and it was an exciting and surprising book. This was the first book I read from the author. I found this book because I hear a lot of people talk about this book and how good it is and I wanted to explore the book and see if I liked it.

The main characters are a sixth grader named Miranda and her best friend Sal. The other main character that is important is the crazy man on the corner. I like these characters because they were around my age and I could feel their emotions in the situations they were in because I pictured myself in that situation and it helped me understand the book better. It was also fun to see what would happen next because like I said before, the main character is around my age so we would sometimes think the same in some situation in the book and I would like to see if I was thinking the same thing the character was. Overall, the characters are fun to read about and they make a perfect book.

What keeps me reading the book is the suspense in the book. In the book, Miranda get these mysterious notes and does not know who the are from and I get really "jumpy" to find out what would be the next note and what she would find out about it. I could hardly put the book down because it was just my type of book and I loved it.

It is worth reading for pleasure and reading for pleasure because no matter what age you are, you will find this book amusing in some way. There are not any boring parts in the book the really stood out to me, but everybody reads differently so I could jot speak for what you might think of the book. I think if you don't like book that will get you "jumpy" and that have a suspense twist, than I do not recommend the book to you. But other than that, it s a really good book and you should read it. (I now feel like the people that were telling me so much about how good this book is and how I should read it!)

If you have read my recent blogs, you probably know the type of reader I am and how I like suspense and thrilling books. To be honest with you, this is one of the best books I have every read and this take your imagination into the "jungle." <NS>