Plot: It is 1979 in New York City and Miranda has lost her best friend Sal after he got punched in the stomach and decided that he didn't want to be friends anymore. Miranda is helping her mom study up because she is going to be a contestant on The $20,000 Pyramid. The spare key is missing after Miranda received a strange note asking about the key and telling her that they are going to save the life of her friend. How does this person seem to know things about Miranda's life, things that haven't happened yet even? Miranda goes on to receive more creepy notes, even when working at Jimmy's Sandwich Shop while counting bread rolls during lunch time. Miranda makes many references in the story about her favorite book, A Wrinkle in Time, which she reads time and again.
Genre: Mystery
Suggested reading level: Grades 6-8
Subjects/themes: friendship, growing up, family, mystery, sci-fi
Awards:
- Newbery Medal 2010
- Publisher's Weekly Best Children's Books 2010
- Book Sense Book of the Year 2010
- Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards 2010
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