11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass

11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass

267 pages

Mark Twain Nominee

Cute book. After having a fight with her best friend, who has the exact same birth date as her, Amanda has her first solo birthday party. It definitely isn't the same as all of the times she has celebrated with Leo. But she wakes up the next day to find that it is her birthday all over again...and again...and again.

(from jacket cover)

On their first birthday, they learned to walk. On their fifth, they planted seeds in handmade pots. On their tenth, they learned there are some words you can never take back.

Amanda's eleventh birthday should have been a happy occasion, instead she's dressed in an itchy costume her mother picked out for her Hollywood-themed party (Dorothy from he Wizard of Oz, even though the flying monkeys have always creeped her out). Meanwhile, across town, her ex-best friend Leo is celebrating their joint birthday with a huge bash including a hypnotist, a football star, a giant iguana, and a rock band. SO not fair.

Amanda can't wait for the day AFTER her birthday so she can stop thinking about the fight that led her and Leo to have separate parties for the first time in their lives. There's just one problem. The next day is her birthday all over again.