Stead continues "the conversation" on time through Marcus: "Those ladies lied in the beginning of ," he says to Miranda, by way of introduction. When Marcus, the strange braniac-physicist new kid, punches Sal for apparently no reason in the beginning of the book, he sets into motion a causal chain that stretches into the future and back again in what becomes a bizarre and heady mystery that Miranda must solve in order to save Sals life at the end. The conversation begun by L∮ngle which Stead continues in When You Reach Me is about the nature of time and the possibility of space and time travel. Though they might write in solitude, they are never without the voices of the writers who have written something that spoke to them. I believe that all truly great writers carry on a dialogue with each other through their works. I am now both a writer of childrens fantasy and a physicist. That book has probably inspired millions of people in the 47 years since it was first published with its blend of magical science and prosaic mystery.
And it makes sense that I would, because it stands on the shoulders of A Wrinkle in Time (1973) by Madeleine L∮ngle, a book Miranda devours just as I did as a child. Its meaty, thought-provoking, warm, and wise. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead is an intellectual mystery of just exactly the type I adore. An unusual, thought-provoking mystery for ages 9+
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