First published 2020
Miranda watches her world fall apart when her best friend Sal gets attacked by a stranger on the street. The punch seems random, but Sal blames Miranda and cuts her out of his life completely. Then someone steals the emergency key Miranda's mother hides, and strange notes start appearing. The first message claims the writer wants to save her friend's life and asks Miranda to write a letter in return. More notes follow, each one revealing impossible knowledge about Miranda's private thoughts and daily routines. The anonymous writer knows details that no one else could know. Miranda realizes she's being pulled into something far bigger than a childhood friendship gone wrong. Each message convinces her more that only she can prevent someone from dying. The final note arrives with terrible timing, making Miranda fear she's already too late to save anyone.
Genres: coming-of-age, mystery, contemporary, young-adult
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New York
Period: 21st-century
208 pages · Paperback · Andersen