Yet at the same time, the narrator is saying something universal and true. An adult would be more articulate about it. We know it’s not an adult looking back telling the story because ‘it didn’t make me feel good’ is a kind of emotionally naive thing to say. I’ve seen it described as ‘third-person limited omniscient narrative’, which basically means the narrator is looking back on fairly recent incidents. I’ve heard this style of narration was sort of invented by Katherine Paterson. “It’s okay.” I was so grateful that she had something to apologize for that it didn’t really occur to me to think about how it had actually made me feel. Take the following passage, which demonstrates the narrator is right there in a 12-year-old’s headspace. (That would match the cover better, too.) NARRATIONįirst, I admire the 12-year-old-ness of it. (I keep thinking it’s When I Reach You.) It was originally called You Are Here, which I like better. There are many things to admire about When You Reach Me.
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