When You Reach Me

I LOVED Madeleine L'Engle's story A Wrinkle in Time, although, I admit I never did quite understand all of the time travel stuff.  Rebecca Stead's When You Reach Me cleverly incorporates L'Engle's timeless story.  Being old enough to remember the late 70s also aided me in the pop culture connections used by the author.  While my students may find some of the references "ancient history", I was very much amused by the references to the $20,000 Pyramid, the ability of pre-teens to walk around a major urban area by themselves, and of course the beloved A Wrinkle in Time.