For as long as Miranda can remember it’s been Sal and Miranda, Miranda and Sal. Miranda’s best friend, Sal, lives one floor below Miranda. That’s okay because “Richard looks the way I picture guys on sailboats – tall, blonde and very tucked-in, even on weekends.” Sometimes her mom’s boyfriend, Richard, is there. Twelve-year-old Miranda lives in a New York City apartment with her legal secretary mom.
It’s a middle grade book, but I’m telling you – those middle grade kids better be on their toes because this book is a puzzle. And I should note that the Newberry isn’t the only prize this book received – there’s a list of twenty other prizes and distinctions this book has received. Rebecca Stead’s Newberry Award winning novel, When You Reach Me, is a puzzle of a book.
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