When You Reach Me
by Rebecca Stead
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- Grade
- 4-12
Year Published 2009
Word Count 39,253
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 750L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 131144, 6.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- 1951-
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | City & Town Life
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General (see also headings under Family)
- New York (N.Y.)--History--1951---Fiction
- History
- Space and time--Fiction
- New York (N.Y.)
- Space and time
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Rebecca Stead about When You Reach Me
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Rebecca Stead
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 7
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Book Readings 2

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Awards & Distinctions 9

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2022
Winner, 2010

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2010

Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Winner, 2010

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2022
Selection, 2010

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2023
Winner, 2010

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2005-2022
Finalist, 2009

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2009

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2009
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