<P> When You Reach Me follows a sixth - grade protagonist , Miranda . She lives with her single mother who has a kindhearted boyfriend , Richard . Miranda 's best friend Sal , whom she has known since she was a small child , had recently started ignoring Miranda after he had been punched in the stomach by another boy , Marcus . </P>
<P> When You Reach Me follows a sixth - grade protagonist , Miranda . She lives with her single mother who has a kindhearted boyfriend , Richard . Miranda 's best friend Sal , whom she has known since she was a small child , had recently started ignoring Miranda after he had been punched in the stomach by another boy , Marcus . </P>
who is sal in when you reach me
who is sal in when you reach me
Miranda 's best friend
Miranda 's best friend