Blank’s system, his reading skills improved dramatically and he became a confident and successful student. “Within a matter of months of starting my son on Dr. Sign up for a free 30 day trial of Reading Kingdom to get started. Help the children in your life learn to read and write using the only system with the Six Skill Integrated Method. Pre-teens and young teens alike, will see themselves in these characters and their struggles and likely relate it to their own lives. Mass’ strength lies in the realistic story (time travel and all) she tells and and the very real characters she draws. The answer lies in their family names and a feud that spans 100 years and a woman named Angelina, who appears and disappears at will, it seems. A couple days in, Leo and Amanda realize it’s happening to both them. However, she wakes up and it’s her birthday all over again! This happens again and again. Lots of things go wrong, and she goes to bed even more dejected, looking forward to the next day when her birthday will finally be over. She moves through the motions, but without heart.

When the morning of their 11th birthday dawns, Amanda is depressed. This sets off a year-long stand-off between the two friends. But from the start, everything goes wrong. On that fateful birthday, Amanda overhears Leo diss the whole joint birthday party thing, trying to be “cool” in front of the other boys in the grade. Its Amandas 11th birthday and she is super excited-after all, 11 is so different from 10.

Mass has really nailed her characters and written them very honestly I truly felt like I was in middle school again!Īmanda and Leo have celebrated their birthdays together every year since they were born on the same day and in the same hospital.

But the twist (time travel) is interesting enough and very believable.

It is realistic fiction with a twist – great alternative for kids who aren’t into all the fantasy fiction on the market.

Wendy Mass has written a pile of books, all look better than the next! They have all been recommended to me by very different sources.

My nine year old daughter and her 8 year old best friend LOVED it (and so did I:).

Sweet on Books author Melissa Young tells us more: 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass weaves a tale of friendship and adventure, highlighting the joys and challenges of growing up.

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