I know. You’ve waited long enough. Here is the latest installment of Belle’s Bookshelf, done by my Kid 3, now 10 years old.
I have recently read a book that was way better than I expected. It is called “When You Reach Me” written by the master of resolving: Rebecca Stead. My Amazing Mother gave me this book for my birthday in June and handed it to me and said “Just read it.” So now I’m handing it to you and saying “Just read it.” Thanks, Mom.
This book is a challenge to write a review on, so I won’t tell you much, so I don’t spoil it. The main character’s name is Miranda, a strong-hearted, calm, city girl with a single mother, who, in the beginning, gets accepted onto a game show, The $20,000 Pyramid. Miranda faces many challenges that most others will not face. It deals with friendship, race relations, families, money, winning and losing, and forgiveness.
This book has adventure, humor, heartbreak, puzzles, happiness, and most of all, lots of resolving – every point in the story (even the naked man running down Broadway) comes to a resolution. To prove my point of amazingness, this book recieved 21 honors, including the Newbery Medal.
You can check it out from your library, but after you read it, you’re going to want to buy it.
- 195 pages, published by Yearling/Random House
- Perfect for ages 8 and up, depending on maturity (mention of the naked man might make some kids uncomfortable)
- Could be a good read-aloud, but I want to hold it in my hands while I read it.
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Remember $20,000 Pyramid? I do.
Kids 1 and 2 also loved, loved this, at ages 15 and 13.
Oh, so did I. And I make people buy it all the time.
And it is hard to say what it’s about without spoiling, so I get bossy and say, “Just read it, already.”
Let us know if you have already just read it, m’kay?
Remember $20,000 Pyramid? I do.
Kids 1 and 2 also loved, loved this, at ages 15 and 13.
Oh, so did I. And I make people buy it all the time.
And it is hard to say what it’s about without spoiling, so I get bossy and say, “Just read it, already.”
Let us know if you have already just read it, m’kay?
We’re going to check it out at the library! Thanks for the recommendation!!
We’re going to check it out at the library! Thanks for the recommendation!!
I’m intrigued. We’ll have to get it from the library. Thanks for the recommendation!
I’m intrigued. We’ll have to get it from the library. Thanks for the recommendation!
Oooh, ths sounds like a good one from my 10 year old to read on our drive to Utah next week. Thanks for sharing!
Oooh, ths sounds like a good one from my 10 year old to read on our drive to Utah next week. Thanks for sharing!
Grandma and I are on the last chapter of 7 Miracles that Saved America. I wish I had known what’s in it when I was 10– but then, not everything in it had happened by the time I was 10. I also wish, Belle, that I could have written a book review as excellent as yours when I was 10.
Grandma and I are on the last chapter of 7 Miracles that Saved America. I wish I had known what’s in it when I was 10– but then, not everything in it had happened by the time I was 10. I also wish, Belle, that I could have written a book review as excellent as yours when I was 10.