When You Reach Me

by Rebecca Stead

If you are about ten, you are powerful. You are already having ideas and asking questions that will continue to feed you throughout your life. If you are a lot older than ten, you probably already know this. I hope that you enjoy this story. Rebecca Stead

And 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. Just like you said.

Marking this as the part that really takes me back to 2010/11 when i read and digested this amazing book for the first time.

“Yeah.” And in that moment, I wanted nothing as much as I wanted Alice to feel safe with me. “Really.”