FINISHED:

Stead, Rebecca. (2009). When you reach me. New York: Wendy Lamb/Random House.

[This one did not disappoint - HIGHLY enjoyable. While I didn't find the big reveal all that surprising, I'm sure that a younger reader would be mystified and have MANY questions. Miranda is a young teen growing up in the late '70s with her mother and her mother's boyfriend. Along with helping her mother prepare for an appearance on the game show "The $20,000 Pyramid", Miranda is dealing with a best friend who seems to be slipping away and trying to figure out what is going on with mysterious notes that appear for her which seem to have knowledge of events that have yet to happen. This is a brilliantly crafted puzzle with little clues and facts being dropped here and there about these mysterious notes, while also being an effective novel about friendship and how kids treat each other while in their early teens. Completely readable and thought-provoking, this one makes you want to read it all over again once you finish the last sentence.]

STARTED:
Curtis, Christopher Paul. (1999). Bud, not Buddy. New York: Yearling/Random House.

[Been on my list of ones to read for quite awhile - especially since I LOVED Elijah of Buxton.]

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