Jessica N.

Jessica Nar
When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead
Realistic Fiction
Just Right
P. 30

1. In this book right now, not much is happening. It is about a young girl named Miranda in sixth grade who lives in a strange neighborhood. She has a best friend named Sal who she has known for a long time, but things start to unravel. Sal gets punched by a kid on the street for what seems like no reason, and she shut Miranda out of her life. Miranda doesn't know why Sal has done this, so things start to change start to change. Sal leaves Miranda and doesn't communicate with her, so Miranda has to get past the laughing man right on the corner of her street. She calls him the laughing man, because he is always randomly laughing on the streets, and he sleeps under a mailbox. Every time Miranda walks from school, she passes by him and she tries not to wake him up. One day, when Miranda was walking back from school all alone, the army jacket boy that punched Sal approaches Miranda, and Miranda doesn't know why. Miranda starts having a conversation with him, but then the man leaves, and Miranda walks back home. That is what is happening in my book right now. Also, Miranda's mom is entering a show called the $20,000 Pyramid where Miranda's mom plays charades with celebrities.

2. So far into this book, I am liking it. I'm not very far into this book, but I predict that it will be interesting. The apartment key that Miranda's mom keeps hidden for emergencies is stolen. And then a mysterious note arrives, scrawled on a tiny slip of paper. I am very curious about what this is all about, and that is what is making me continue reading this book. That is what I feel so far into this book.

3. In this book, the theme that I have noticed is friendship. Miranda and Sal have been best friends for a long time, and when Sal gets punched on the street walking with Miranda. That punch separates Sal and Miranda for a long time, and I don't know when they are going to get back together, or even if they are. That is an example of friendship, because they have been really close friends for a long time, and a sudden thing destroys their friendship. Sal's mom and Miranda's mom are really close friends, and they would be really upset if their kids separate, which would mean that the parents would have to separate too.

4. My favorite character so far into this book is Miranda. She is my favorite character, because she is thoughtful. She doesn't only care about herself, she cares about others too. When Sal suddenly blocks Miranda out of her life, Miranda becomes confused on why Sal did that, because the punch that Sal got was not Miranda's fault. She is my favorite character, because Miranda didn't let the confusion sit in her mind, she approached Sal and asked her why she is mad at Miranda, and that makes her my favorite character. She is brave, and always approaches what she believes in.

5. My least favorite character is the boy in the army jacket that punched Sal in the stomach. He is my least favorite character, because he just went to Sal and punched him when he was on the sidewalk randomly, and he didn't even tell anyone why he did that. That makes him my least favorite character, because he doesn't care about others, and he did the wrong thing. He was violent towards others, and that was not good. Also, he is my least favorite character because the next day, he approaches Miranda for no reason, and that is what makes him my least favorite character.

6. Next in the book, I think that Miranda's life is going to fall apart. There will be many problems causing it to be in danger. This is my prediction, because many things are already happening , and I think that more things will come in Miranda's life, and there will be more problems. For Miranda's mom, I think that she will be well prepared for the $20,000 Pyramid show, and I think that she is going to win. She has been preparing a lot, and I think that it will pay off in the end. That is what I think is going to happen.