They become something kind of like friends. He's kind of weird, can read time without a watch, and is super into math and physics.
First, Miranda meets the kid in the green army coat on the street. To continue the story of last fall, lots of things start happening after Sal gets punched and he and Miranda stop hanging out. Sal wouldn't talk to Miranda after that and started playing a lot of basketball.įrom this point on in the book we move between two timelines: Miranda and her mom in the present (right before her mom goes on $20,000 Dollar Pyramid) and Miranda's story of what happened after Sal got punched in the face last fall.
Miranda narrates the story of the day their friendship ended – the day Sal got randomly punched in the face by a boy in a green army coat. Sal is her former best friend who won't walk home from school with her anymore. Moving on… If Miranda were going to write a letter, she tells us, it would all start the day that Sal got punched. If you haven't read A Wrinkle in Time already, you can read about it on Shmoop.) There's also a homeless man called "the laughing man," who appears to be a little bit crazy and who lives outside of Miranda's apartment and sleeps with his head under the mailbox. (This book will play a pretty big part in the novel, just so you know. As for Miranda, her favorite book is A Wrinkle in Time, and she carries a copy around with her constantly. Mom has a boyfriend named Richard who is a lawyer and who has one leg that is a little bit shorter than the other – he visits often and helps Mom prepare for her game show appearance. Miranda and her mom live in New York City and the year is 1979. Who is this "you" and how is he/she able to predict the future? It's a mystery to us – and to Miranda. This "you" also told her about the game show postcard before it even arrived. Miranda, her sixth-grade daughter and latchkey kid, is considering writing a letter to some unnamed "you" who has been sending her letters. Mom, who is a single mother and a paralegal, is preparing for an appearance on the game show $20,000 Pyramid. The map, which depicts the USPS's service standards as of October 1, 2022, is organized by both the class of mail (first-class mail, marketing mail, etc.) and by the zip code of origin.īy consulting the map, you can figure out your mail’s travel timeline and see a rough portrait of how mail travels throughout the country.The story begins in medias res with a postcard. While they’re not exact predictions, the United States Postal Service has what’s called “service standards,” which dictate the agency’s goals for how long it should take a piece of mail to travel from one zip code to another. If you stick your rent check in the mail on June 27, will it reach your landlord across town before the end of the month? When you send a snail mail package or letter, you may not know exactly when it will arrive unless you pay for tracking.
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