When You Reach Me 1-20

Setting
Where is it set? 
What are a few of the locations?
What year is it?


 The Characters

 Miranda
Who is she named after?
What is she helping mom with?
What kind of kid is she? She  is called a ________ kid because she has ______.
What about mom annoys Miranda?

 Mom
What is Mom preparing for?
What does Mom want to be?
What does Mom do when she is feeling frustrated with work?

 Sal
Sal was like a ______ to Miranda.
Sal lives _______ from Miranda.
What happened to Sal?

 Louisa
What do Louisa and Mom have in common?

 Richard
What is wrong with Richard, "Mr. Perfect"?
What does Richard like to do when he is thinking?
What is one of Richard hobbies?
Miranda has something that Richard does not. What is it?

 Belle
What does Belle do?
What does she ask Miranda about?

 Tenants
Why do they come to Miranda's house?
What does one of them do to the couch?

 The Laughing Man
What are some of the things he does?
What does he say?

postcard
studio
hosted
contestant
scrawled
swiped
egg timer
after-school TV
birthright
latchkey child
expression
dungeons
strict
budget
come knocking
tucked-in
clomps
on a ______ kick
clog
hold dinner
lobs
repulsive
burden
prosecutor
defense 
paralegal 
receptionist
snorted
flipped through
hassled 
tenant
frozen concentrate
elastic-waist pants
bucket-seat
peeling, hissing radiators
snuggle
punt
quack
day care
fever
index cards
frame of mind

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