![]() ![]() ![]() The now-tenuous/now-tenacious quality of the book’s middle-grade friendships will ring true to its audience, and Amanda’s voice is likable and humorous.” Publishers Weekly also states, “Like a Groundhog Day for middle grade readers, Mass' winning story features a girl seemingly trapped in her 11th birthday. ![]() The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books published a review by Jeannette Hulick, which states that 11 Birthdays “is imaginatively developed and kid-pleasing. ![]() Reception ġ1 Birthdays, was positively received by both the general public and critics. Chosen as a 2009 Library Guild Selection, this novel has been the recipient of various nominations and awards across the country. With her 11th birthday fast approaching, a falling out between the two friends has caused a shift in this birthday tradition leading to consequences both of them never could have imagined. The novel follows the life of a young girl named Amanda Ellerby who has spent each of her first ten birthdays with the same boy, her best friend Leonard "Leo" Fitzpatrick. It is the first novel in the Willow Falls series. 2009 children's time loop novel by Wendy Massġ1 Birthdays is a children's time loop novel written by Wendy Mass and published in 2009 by Scholastic Press. ![]()
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