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* A NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER
* Top 100 Children’s Novels, School Library Journal
* A BOSTON GLOBE-HORNBOOK AWARD FOR FICTION
* WINNER OF THE 2009 INDIES CHOICE AWARD
* AN ALA-ALSC NOTABLE CHILDREN’S BOOK
* AN ALA-YALSA TOP TEN BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS
* AN IRA CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT FICTION
* A CCBC CHOICES BOOK
* A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST OF THE YEAR
* THE HORN BOOK MAGAZINE FANFARE BEST OF THE YEAR
* A BOOKLIST CHILDREN’S EDITORS’ CHOICE
* A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST CHILDREN’S BOOK
* A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR
* A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK


권위있는 뉴베리 메달을 수상했으며, School Library Journal이 선정한 Top 100 Children’s Novels 중에서 11번째로 이름을 올린 필독 명작도서입니다.

1970년대 뉴욕에 살고 있는 열두 살 소녀 미란다는 싱글맘인 엄마와 평범한 날들을 보내고 있었습니다. 그러던 어느 날부터 미란다의 일상이 흔들리기 시작했습니다. 단짝 친구 샐은 미란다를 피하기만 하고, 집 근처에서 발차기를 연습하는 이상한 노숙자가 나타나는가 하면, 누가 보냈는지 알 수 없는 쪽지들이 날아오는 것입니다. 미란다의 일상을 꿰뚫어 보고, 앞으로 일어날 일들까지 완벽하게 이야기 해주는 쪽지는 과연 누가 보낸 것일까요? 미란다는 어떻게 해야 하는 걸까요?

국내에는 "어느 날 미란다에게 생긴 일"이라는 제목으로 번역서가 출간되어 있습니다. 미스터리 요소로 긴장감을 유지하며 한 소녀가 자라는 과정을 상세하게 담아내고 있으며, 평범한 일상 뒤에 숨은 비밀을 찾아 고군분투하며 미란다는 진짜 우정, 인생의 의미, 다른 사람의 이야기에 귀 기울이는 법을 배워갑니다. 작가는 군더더기 없는 문장, 치밀하고 탄탄한 구성력으로 유쾌하고 따뜻한 성장소설을 완성했습니다.

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What is 하드커버? 양장본이라고도 불리우며, 표지가 단단한 판지로 만들어진 책입니다. 판지를 천이나 가죽으로 감싸기도 합니다. 책의 속지는 일반적으로 중성처리된 종이(Acid-free paper)를 사용해서 잘 변질이 되지 않기 때문에 오랫동안 보관하기에 적합합니다. 이 종류의 책은 더스트 재킷, 또는 더스트 커버로 불리는 표지덮개가 함께 있는 경우가 많습니다. 간혹 내부 속지가 콩기름 코팅이 된 경우 고약한 냄새가 나는 책도 있습니다.

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Hardcover: 208 pages
ISBN-10: 0385737424
ISBN-13: 978-0385737425
책 크기: 21.6 cm x 14.5 cm



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Book Description
Four 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. They know where it’s safe to go, like the local grocery store, and they know whom to avoid, like the crazy guy on the corner.
But things start to unravel. Sal gets punched by a new kid for what seems like no reason, and he shuts Miranda out of his life. The apartment key that Miranda’s mom keeps hidden for emergencies is stolen. And then Miranda finds a mysterious note scrawled on a tiny slip of paper:
I am coming to save your friend’s life, and my own.
I must ask two favors. First, you must write me a letter.
The notes keep coming, and Miranda slowly realizes that whoever is leaving them knows all about her, including things that have not even happened yet. Each message brings her closer to believing that only she can prevent a tragic death. Until the final note makes her think she’s too late.


From School Library Journal ** Starred Review.
Sixth-grader Miranda lives in 1978 New York City with her mother, and her life compass is Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time. When she receives a series of enigmatic notes that claim to want to save her life, she comes to believe that they are from someone who knows the future. Miranda spends considerable time observing a raving vagrant who her mother calls the laughing man and trying to find the connection between the notes and her everyday life. Discerning readers will realize the ties between Miranda's mystery and L'Engle's plot, but will enjoy hints of fantasy and descriptions of middle school dynamics. Stead's novel is as much about character as story. Miranda's voice rings true with its faltering attempts at maturity and observation. The story builds slowly, emerging naturally from a sturdy premise. As Miranda reminisces, the time sequencing is somewhat challenging, but in an intriguing way. The setting is consistently strong. The stores and even the streets - in Miranda's neighborhood act as physical entities and impact the plot in tangible ways. This unusual, thought-provoking mystery will appeal to several types of readers.



[ Praise ]

"Readers might enjoy a second time around to catch all the clues."
— Chicago Tribune


"When You Reach Me is quite a gift to middle-grade readers: For many, it will not only be the first mystery they'll ever read, it'll be one of the best."
— The Cleveland Plain Dealer


"Its appeal crosses all age boundaries."
— The Florida Times-Union


"This book is a terrific one for any kid."
— The Lexington Herald-Leader


"[Stead] spins an original tale that straddles two worlds—the fantastic and the realistic."
— Columbus Dispatch


"This book is lovely and almost impossibly clever: a real winner."
— The Philadelphia Inquirer


"Boys and girls, parents, teachers, and ... the grown-ups who hand out awards won't want to miss Rebecca Stead's completely original, fascinating, and well-crafted novel."
— Christian Science Monitor


"This book easily qualifies for the category 'Things You Must Read.'"
— The Grand Rapids Press


"The standout of the pack is Rebecca Stead's When You Reach Me set in Manhattan in the late 1970s."
— The Austin American-Statesman


"What could be better: a great setting, believable characters and a myustery deftly woven by a fine writer. This is a book to be reckoned with come Newbery Season."
— BookPage


"Haunting and brilliantly constructed."
— AARP.com


"[I]t is one of the best children’s books I have ever read and books of this sort do not drop out of the sky every day.”
— Fuse 8, School Library Journal blog


"Rebecca Stead has created a beautifully written work … WHEN YOU REACH ME is a masterpiece, and I highly recommend it.”
— YABooksCentral.com


"Your younger ones will be enthralled."
— Westchester Magazine


"It’s really tightly written with a story that keeps unwrapping itself."
— Bookreporter.com


"It is one of my must-recommends and one of the most interesting books I’ve read all year … All I can do is say: more, Rebecca Stead; much more."
— KidLiterate.com


"[A] loving tribute to the children's classic, A Wrinkle In Time."
— Becky’s Book Reviews


"When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead is a book I won't forget for quite a long time."
— LiterateLives.blogspot.com


"This book asks you to discard your habitual thoughts. Bravo!"
— Shelf Awareness