Fantasy and Science Fiction

When You Reach Me 

 

Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me. Random House, 2010.$6.81. 240 pages. ISBN 9780375850868.

Sixth grade has its ups and downs for everyone. When some mysterious notes appear in Miranda's  room, she has to begin to figure out who could have written these oddly specific notes. Obsessed with time travel, she wonders if it could be someone from the future, or maybe even the past. In this short novel with a slower burn, Stead’s descriptive language keeps you holding on as Miranda looks to find out the real person behind the notes.

The Forgotten Girl 

Brown, India Hill. The Forgotten Girl. Scholastic Press, 2019. $8.99. 272 pages. ISBN 1338317253. 

After discovering a young girl’s grave in a fresh snow adventure, Iris and Daniel soon search for the answers after strange occurrences in their lives arise. In this spooky middle grade novel, Brown gives the fast paced horror lovers a novel that is surely to keep them up at night.