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11 birthdays

Title:

11 birthdays

Alternate title:

Eleven birthdays

Author:

Mass, Wendy, 1967- author.

Series:

Willow Falls series ;

Series Number:

Summary:

After celebrating their first nine same-day birthdays together, Amanda and Leo, having fallen out on their tenth and not speaking to each other for the last year, prepare to celebrate their eleventh birthday separately but peculiar things begin to happen as the day of their birthday begins to repeat itself over and over again.

Edition:

1st ed.

Physical Description:

267 p. ; 20 cm.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 4.1 7.

Subject Term:

Birthdays -- Juvenile fiction.

Time -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Scholastic Press,

Publication Date:

2009

ISBN:

9780545052399

9780545052405

Publication Information:

New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.

Award Note:

A Junior Library Guild selection

Call Number:

J MASS

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003136135	Juvenile Fiction	MASS	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

GROUNDHOG DAY meets FLIPPED in this tale of a girl stuck in her birthday.

It's Amanda's 11th birthday and she is super excited -- after all, 11 is so different from 10. But from the start, everything goes wrong. The worst part of it all is that she and her best friend, Leo, with whom she's shared every birthday, are on the outs and this will be the first birthday they haven't shared together. When Amanda turns in for the night, glad to have her birthday behind her, she wakes up happy for a new day. Or is it? Her birthday seems to be repeating iself. What is going on?! And how can she fix it? Only time, friendship, and a little luck will tell. . .

Author Notes

Wendy Mass was born in Livingston, New Jersey on January 17, 1967. She received a B. A. in English from Tufts University. She worked as a book editor at numerous publishing houses in New York City and Connecticut and co-created a teenage literary magazine called Writes of Passage. She has written several nonfiction books for teenagers including Stonehenge, Readings on Night, John Cabot: Early Explorer, and Ray Bradbury: Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Her fiction books include Leap Day, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall, Every Soul a Star, 11 Birthdays, Finally, and The Candymakers. A Mango-Shaped Space won the American Library Association Schneider Family Book Award in 2004. She wrote the storyline for an episode of the television show Monk, entitled "Mr. Monk Goes to the Theatre," which aired during the show's second season.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Like a Groundhog Day for middle grade readers, Mass's (Every Soul a Star) winning story features a girl seemingly trapped in her 11th birthday. Amanda seems doomed to relive her failed try-out for the gymnastics team, her mother being fired from her job and, worst of all, the party that even her best friend leaves early-to go to the party hosted by her former friend, Leo. The two have celebrated every previous birthday together (they were born on the same day), but a misunderstanding on their 10th has gone unresolved. After several repeats of the day, Amanda and Leo realize they are in this mess together and must work as a team. Girls will relate to Amanda's insecurities, and the confidence and insights she gains will resonate with them. Mass's expertise with pacing keeps the story moving at a lively clip, and her understanding of this age group is as finely honed as ever. Ages 9-12. (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved