11 Birthdays

The novel I read is 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass. On Amanda and Leo’s 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 be a happy occasion. Instead she’s dressed in an itchy costume her mother picked out for her boring Hollywood-themed party while, 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 led to 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. She found out that Leo experienced the same condition which was LIVING THE SAME DAY AGAIN AND AGAIN.

Diong Wei Shan
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29th March 2014