When You Reach Me

by Rebecca Stead

I love this book! When You Reach Me is the story of Miranda, who starts receiving mysterious notes that confuse and frighten. The story is partly about time travel (and pays homage to one of my favorite books, A Wrinkle in Time, and partly about friendship and growing up. (According ton one of the reviews on amazon, it also takes its cues from two of my other favorite books, From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and Mom the Wolfman and Me.) It's engaging and well crafted.