Comments on: Newbery, Caldecott, and a Faux Pas

By: Myrna Foster

Myrna Foster — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:27:15 +0000

I really liked WHEN YOU REACH ME. I haven't read the other one yet, but it's one of my favorite fables.

By: Yat-Yee

Yat-Yee — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:39:24 +0000

I was taken aback more than halfway through the book, when I found out it has some cross-genre/sci-fi thing going. But I continued to read because I had invested quite a bit of emotion into Miranda and gang. Also, I wanted to see how the many unusual and quirky events fit together. After I finished reading, I realized I loved it. It is a book in which characters are treated with respect and compassion, including the apparent bad/weird guys: the boy who punched Sal, the Kicking Man, Sal (for pulling away from Miranda so abruptly). It was a book that is well-written and a book with a big heart.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:35:29 +0000

I absolutely LOVED Stead's WHEN YOU REACH ME. Almost as much as I was irritated that she totally blows the plot for A WRINKLE IN TIME.