I finished the 2010 Newbery winner, "When You Reach Me" by Rebbecca Stead, almost in one sitting. I kept flipping back to the beginning to check that the setting dates was fall 1978 to spring 1979. The book felt timeless which is funny because the theme center is about time travel. Really enjoyed it, the first person narration, the kid-ness of how the relationships were described. And the explanation of relativity and physics. I am now inspired to try to read L'Engle's "A Wrinkle In Time" again, another Newbery winner.I say try because I did try to read it about ten years ago and just couldn't get very far. Maybe because the story developed very slowly? Going back for a revisit. The text in AWIT is much denser than WYRM how young adult books have changed since the 70's! I am thinking about how I can sell both books to my students. Time travel, imagination, images of NYC during the 70's hmmm.
I am now starting "Neil Armstrong is my Uncle and other lies..." by N.Marino which feels, in the first pages like "When You Reach Me".
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