1. The story is set in the 1970s, New York City.
2. The reader needs to be familiar with the game show, $20,000 Pyramid.
3. The chapter titles are written as categories for the game show. It's important for the reader to refer back tot he titles during reading to orient yourself about the main ideas.
4. It will help if the reader knows something about the book, A Wrinkle in Time, or at least pay attention to the plot points given through Miranda's retelling.
5. Miranda's mother learns she will be a contestant on the $20,000 Pyramid. She, her boyfriend Richard, and Miranda practice the categories each night.
6. Miranda begins to receive mysterious notes. The writer seems to know what will happen in Miranda's future. Sci-fi time travel, anyone???
7. The story is written as a first-person experience, but also as second-person; as if Miranda is writing a letter back to the mystery person who does not have a name.
8. Miranda's best friend, Sal, gets jumped by a random guy on their street corner. After this, he stops talking to her. Miranda is devastated.
9. Miranda lives in a tall apartment building -- and has adult friends as confidantes.
10. Miranda befriends Marcus -- the guy who jumped Sal. She finds that there are two sides to every story. 11. When Miranda bumps into the Laughing Man, she feels like she's known him all her life.
12. During all this upheaval, Miranda also deals with her mother's remarriage -- she isn't sure how she should feel about this even though she really likes Richard.
13. Themes in the book: friendship, independence, and redemption.
Let me know if you read this book -- we'll talk about all it's amazingness!!
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