When You Reach Me

I was talking to the librarian at Vista a while ago, and we started talking about books we liked as kids, and I mentioned that A Wrinkle in Time (by Madeline L'Engle) was one of my favorites.  She suggested that I read the 2010 Newbery Medal Winner, When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead.  Miranda, the protagonist, also loves A Wrinkle in Time which is an important thread throughout the book.

Apparently, Vista kids aren't getting into the Stead book, and the guess is that none of them know of the L'Engle book.  Nowadays kids have many options when it comes to sci fi and fantasy reading, and when I was growing up, A Wrinkle in Time was one of the few options we had for stories out of the ordinary.

Other fantastic (in both senses of the word) books I loved  as a child included the Prydian Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander and The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster.