11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass. 2009.Audience: Grades 4th-6th. Ages 8-12.
My Rating: 4*s of 5
Summary: Amanda and Leo, born on the same day, have celebrated their birthdays together for 10 years. Still feeling hurt from an unkind remark Leo made at last year's party, Amanda spends her eleventh birthday without her now-estranged friend to share the fun. In the days that follow, both Amanda and Leo discover that they are caught in a time loop, waking up each morning to find themselves repeating their eleventh birthdays.
Summary: Amanda and Leo, born on the same day, have celebrated their birthdays together for 10 years. Still feeling hurt from an unkind remark Leo made at last year's party, Amanda spends her eleventh birthday without her now-estranged friend to share the fun. In the days that follow, both Amanda and Leo discover that they are caught in a time loop, waking up each morning to find themselves repeating their eleventh birthdays.
Comments: Fun and not as predictable as I thought going into it. Leo borders on too good to be true, though!
Awards: Bluebonnet List 2010-2011.
Read-alikes: When You Reach Me by Stead. Finally by Mass
Read-alikes: When You Reach Me by Stead. Finally by Mass
*Sequel, Finally*
Not as engaging and magical as 11, but stronger on the coming-of-age themes.
