It nags at me, even though you’re gone and there’s no one to give it to anymore. I still think about the letter you asked me to write.
There it is, in your tiny handwriting: April 27th: Studio TV-15, the words all jerky-looking, like you wrote them on the subway. I check the box under my bed, which is where I’ve kept your notes these past few months. Unlike me, Mom has glossy red hair that bounces around and might obstruct America’s view of her small freckled face.Īnd then there’s the date she’s supposed to show up, scrawled in blue pen on a line at the bottom of the card: April 27, 1979. Barrettes are optional, but she should definitely bring some with her. She needs some extra clothes in case she wins and makes it to another show, where they pretend it’s the next day even though they really tape five in one afternoon. On the postcard there’s a list of things to bring. She’s going to be a contestant on The $20,000 Pyramid, which is hosted by Dick Clark. After three years of trying, she has actually made it. It says Congratulations in big curly letters, and at the very top is the address of Studio TV-15 on West 58th Street.
Is there any book that took hold of you the way A Wrinkle in Time took hold of Miranda―that you read and reread either as a child or an adult?.Did reading When You Reach Me make you want to read A Wrinkle in Time again? A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle has a big impact on Miranda, but also on Rebecca Stead and the idea for this book.Were you satisfied with the way all the mysteries came together in the end?.At what point did you realize the laughing man was Malcolm?.Do you think that's true? Have you ever had to let go of assumptions in order to see the truth? Have you ever known anyone who was very smart but did not seem to have any common sense? Would you rather have a lot of common sense or the ability to see a few profound truths that other people miss? It's how we're used to thinking about things, but a lot of time it just gets in the way of what's true" (51). Malcolm tells Miranda, "Einstein says common sense is just a habit of thought.Did you have trouble understanding the concept of time travel allowing something to happen before the person actually traveled back in time? Or did Malcolm and Julia's explanations make sense to you?.How did the 20,000 Pyramid play a role in the story? How did her mother's quest with the game show mirror Miranda's quest to make sense of her life?.
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