Every writer stands on the shoulders of many other writers, and it isn’t practical to thank all of them. However, I would like to express my special admiration for the astonishing imagination and hard work of Madeleine L’Engle, whose books captivated me when I was young (they still do), and made me want in on the secrets of the universe (ditto).
a cognizant original v5 release october 23 2010
About the Author
REBECCA STEAD is the author of First Light. She grew up in New York City and still lives there, with her husband and their two sons.
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Stead, Rebecca.
When you reach me / Rebecca Stead. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1970s television game show, “The $20,000 Pyramid,” a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89269-1
[1. Space and time—Fiction. 2. New York (N.Y.)—
History—1951—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.S80857Wh 2009
[Fic]—dc22
2008024998
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