When You Reach Me Miranda Relationship

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When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead was a very interesting book. The whole book connected in some sort of way, which made the ending amazing. Miranda lives in New York with her mom. After three years of trying, her mom finally got on the $20,000 Pyramid. She also received her first note. Miranda, the main character has different relationships with characters in the novel.
Miranda and her friend Sal have an odd relationship. Sal is Miranda’s friend. They walked everyday to and from school until the day Sal got punched. Miranda and Sal were walking home from school was day and they were walking past a group of boys in an alley. An older boy was punching another boy. Then, a boy came right up to Sal and punched him in the stomach. He “was bent …show more content…

The laughing man lives on the corner. He sleeps under a mailbox. Some kids created nicknames for the him; Quack (short for Quackers), Kicker, and the laughing man. Miranda was nervous to go near him. They called him a CSP, or crazy shaped person. No one ever knew what he would do if you walked pass him. Belle, the owner or a store by where the laughing man lives, just thinks that he is lonely. The laughing man also repeats the words: BOOK BAG POCKET SHOE under his breath. Those words are where Miranda finds the four notes. She realizes that after the laughing man dies and she has to deliver her letter. When Miranda walks home from school, she passes the laughing man. He makes some weird sounds and says strange things. When AnneMarie, Miranda’s friend, passes the laughing man, he says,”Angel”. One day after school, Sal was walking home. He sees Marcus and starts running. Marcus starts chasing after him because he wanted to apologize to him. Sal, Marcus, and now Miranda are all now running. Marcus yells, “Hey! Hey-kid! Stop!” because he is running in the middle of the street. A truck is coming and doesn’t see Sal. Miranda covers her ears and says to herself, “Sal is going to die! Sal is going to die!”. Then suddenly the laughing man comes out and kicks Sal out of the way. The laughing man gets hit by the truck and Sal hits the ground, hard. The laughing man dies and Sal ends up with three broken ribs and a broken arm. The laughing man saved Sal’s life. Miranda and the laughing man have a weird relationship.
When you reach me was an amazing novel. In the end, everything connected. All in all, the book was fabulous and I highly recommend it. Miranda learns so much as a character. As a reader, I learned as well. In the novel, Miranda had interesting relationships with the characters. When you reach me is a marvelous novel and a must read for young

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