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Gr. 4-7. This light novel, which opens with an eleventh birthday and ends with a twelfth, recounts narrator Winnie's year as she reluctantly grows apart from her best friend, Amanda, and grows closer to Dinah, a girl she previously pitied. Her disappointment when Amanda becomes occupied with fashion and boys and finds a new best friend is deftly portrayed, as is Winnie's increasing respect for the awkward but kind Dinah. The stilted structure of covering one month per chapter, each with a main episode, creates a choppy pace that detracts from the effectiveness of an otherwise enjoyable read, but all three girls, and Winnie's sulky older sister, come across as fully rounded characters that interact in believable ways. Kathleen Odean
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Winnie knows that change isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, especially when it means her best friend, Amanda, might be dropping her for someone else. Throw in a grumpy teenage sister, a cat who gets trapped in the wall, and a crush who has pinkeye, and you’ve got one big mess—one that Winnie’s not going to clean up! Winnie’s decided that she’s going to remain exactly the same, no matter what the rest of the world does. But every month brings crazy adventures. A lot can change in a year . . .maybe even Winnie.
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THE THING ABOUT BIRTHDAYS is that everything should go just right, at least on that one day. Read the first page
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A fun, heartfelt read,
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This review is from: Eleven (Hardcover)
Lauren Myracle has a way of understanding relationships; how they work, what hurts, what brings laughter. This captures relationships at that moment when everyone is changing --but changing to different degrees and in different ways. It's a compelling, fun, silly and serious book, and I loved it.
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Wonderful story about evolving friendships,
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This review is from: Eleven (Hardcover)
I enjoyed reading about Winnie and her life experiences. It really made me remember back to my childhood, and my 5th-6th grade years in school. Those can be really difficult times. I think that readers can really relate to Winnie and both the good and difficult times that she experiences. I enjoyed the interesting stories and adventures that happen to Winnie each month of her 11th year of life. As an elementary school teacher myself, I would highly reccomend this book to my students. It can really help students understand how relationships do grow and change over time.
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Eleven,
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This review is from: Eleven (Hardcover)
This book tells about a girl named Winnie who just turns eleven and all the changes she goes through. Will Winnie survive her best friend leaving her for the new snob?In the end of it she just may have a new best friend. This book has a story about Winnie's life from each month until she turns 12.
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