A review by apetruce
11 Birthdays, by Wendy Mass

4.0

This was really good. It's Groundhog Day for kids -- a few snippets of advanced vocabulary and concepts but entirely clean and wholesome. A little lacking in the ending -- it ends exactly how you'd think it would. But smooth writing that didn't leave anyone bored. Loved that it had the kids figuring out their own problems and the author sneaks in a few life/morality lessons -- be nice, don't skip school, follow your talent etc. Nominated for a Young Hoosier Award and, who knows, maybe a few others. Not the deepest characters, but enough details about the secondary characters to make them stand alone. Recommended for 3-8th grade.