- Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, New York Times bestseller, Large type books
Winner of the 2010 John Newbery MedalFour mysterious letters change Miranda's world forever.By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood.
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Grave, earnest, plot-driven and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Rebecca Stead
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 204
- Publisher
- Wendy Lamb Books, Random House Children's Books, Yearling
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780375972577
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Rebecca Stead writes books for young people, including: ***The Experiment***, a middle-grade novel (with aliens); ***When You Reach Me*** (NYT bestseller, 2010 Newbery Medal and Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction); ***The List Of Things That Will Not Change*** (A 2020 Time Magazine Top Ten Children's Book of the Year); ***Liar & Spy*** (Winner of the Guardian Prize for Children's Fiction and a New York Times Notable Book for Children); ***First Light*** (a Junior Library Guild Selection and a New York Public Library Best Book for Teens); ***Goodbye Strange***r (A New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Book Review Notable Book for Children); ***Anything***, Illustrated by Caldecot
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