It’s easy to imagine readers studying Miranda’s story as many times as she’s read L’Engle’s, and spending hours pondering the provocative questions it raises. ) accomplishes this by making every detail count, including Miranda’s name, her hobby of knot tying and her favorite book, Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time
the sudden rupture of Miranda’s lifelong friendship with neighbor Sal and the unsettling appearance of a deranged homeless person dubbed “the laughing man.” Eventually and improbably, these strands converge to form a thought-provoking whole. ) The postcard reads: ' Congratulations ' (1.1). It's from a game show called the 20,000 Dollar Pyramid.
She’s especially freaked out by one that reads: “I’m coming to save your friend’s life, and my own.” Over the course of her sixth-grade year, Miranda details three distinct plot threads: her mother’s upcoming appearance on The $20,000 Pyramid When You Reach Me Chapter 1 By Rebecca Stead Advertisement - Guide continues below Chapter 1 Things You Keep in a Box A postcard came today for our narrator's mother. Miranda’s story is set in motion by the appearance of cryptic notes that suggest that someone is watching her and that they know things about her life that have not yet happened. Twelve-year-old Miranda, a latchkey kid whose single mother is a law school dropout, narrates this complex novel, a work of science fiction grounded in the nitty-gritty of Manhattan life in the late 1970s. There it is, in your tiny handwriting: April. I check the box under my bed, which is where I've kept your notes these past few months. Unlike me, Mom has glossy red hair that bounces around and might obstruct America's view of her small freckled face.Īnd then there's the date she's supposed to show up, scrawled in blue pen on a line at the bottom of the card: April 27, 1979. Barrettes are optional, but she should definitely bring some with her. She needs some extra clothes in case she wins and makes it to another show, where they pretend it's the next day even though they really tape five in one afternoon. On the postcard there's a list of things to bring. She's going to be a contestant on The $20,000 Pyramid, which is hosted by Dick Clark. After three years of trying, she has actually made it. It says Congratulations in big curly letters, and at the very top is the address of Studio TV-15 on West 58th Street.
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