13 Gifts by Wendy Mass
13 Gifts is the third book in the "Birthday" series. The first sentence in this book was one of my favorite parts, and it lured me in.
"Like all big mistakes, mine started with a goat." -13 Gifts
From then on, I was sold and loved this book from start to finish. In this story, Tara is sent to live with her aunt and Uncle in the town of Willow Falls. When she gets there her cousin introduces her to some friends, and they become a group. Rory who is constantly losing her phone, Leo and Amanda who for some reason don't talk out loud to each other and instead communicate with chalkboards tied around their necks, and David who is called Bee Boy by Amanda. When Tara runs into an antique dealer named Angelina D'Angelo, she must collect certain items before her thirteenth birthday or Tara's secret will be revealed. At first, Tara tries to collect the items by herself, but soon her friends find out what she's doing, although not why she doing it. David posts the list of items Tara needs on to the Willow Falls website and soon they are getting lots of replies and most of the items. Some items are easy to get, some people just give them away. But for some people the objects have sentimental value and Tara and her friends have to complete some pretty strange tasks in order to collect all the items. But all the objects have something in common and pretty soon Tara is sure that Angelina D'Angelo is trying to send her a message. Can Tara figure it out with her friends help?
"Like all big mistakes, mine started with a goat." -13 Gifts
From then on, I was sold and loved this book from start to finish. In this story, Tara is sent to live with her aunt and Uncle in the town of Willow Falls. When she gets there her cousin introduces her to some friends, and they become a group. Rory who is constantly losing her phone, Leo and Amanda who for some reason don't talk out loud to each other and instead communicate with chalkboards tied around their necks, and David who is called Bee Boy by Amanda. When Tara runs into an antique dealer named Angelina D'Angelo, she must collect certain items before her thirteenth birthday or Tara's secret will be revealed. At first, Tara tries to collect the items by herself, but soon her friends find out what she's doing, although not why she doing it. David posts the list of items Tara needs on to the Willow Falls website and soon they are getting lots of replies and most of the items. Some items are easy to get, some people just give them away. But for some people the objects have sentimental value and Tara and her friends have to complete some pretty strange tasks in order to collect all the items. But all the objects have something in common and pretty soon Tara is sure that Angelina D'Angelo is trying to send her a message. Can Tara figure it out with her friends help?
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