When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead by Mac

Hello. In my book club we read When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. Here is a summary of the book and a bit of my opinion. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead is a very good book. It is off to a slow start, and if you do not read carefully you will not get it. If it was not mandatory to read this, I probably would have put it down. In the book, Miranda's life is always kind of dark and depressing. She always has a problem that her mind is on. There are only a few times when she is really, truly, happy. Her mom is always busy with something and her best friend Sal doesn't want to walk to and home from school with Miranda anymore. Her world is slowly falling apart, brick by brick, until finally some things start to build up the wall. Her mom gets alot of money from the 20,000 Pyramid and almost wins. Slowly Miranda's world is build back up until something bad happens that is like a wrecking ball on her wall. She is left with only acouple bricks to cling to. Sal gets hit by a car. He has to go to the hospital and Miranda is super worried. She is falling apart again and nothing can stop her wall from crumbling except Sal's recovery. He's OK, but has a broken leg. Miranda is better because Sal tells her that he thought she didn't want to be friends with him. It feels like years since she has talked to Sal.

If I could give advice to the author it would be this: Make it a bit more clear. There were many parts where I was confused. Also, put a little more action in the beginning. At the beginning, I was bored. If you put maybe that she was bullied or something that makes it more exciting.

In my opinion, this book was good, but confusing. You shouldn't read it if you are not a good reader. I give it 3 trees.