Summary
Twelve-year-old Miranda is the protagonist of When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. She lives in New York City with her mother in 1979. The novel jumps around a bit, starting off when her mother wins a chance to appear on the game show The $20,000 Dollar Pyramid with host Dick Clark; this is a word-association game show where her mom has a chance to win $20,000, a prize she and Miranda could really use. They live in a run-down apartment and do not have much money. Miranda, however, is happy, and her best friend, Sal, lives in the same...
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