13 Gifts is a wonderful book by Wendy Mass. It’s in a series of books, but you don’t have to read the first two books before you read this third book. In this book, a 12 year old girl (almost 13!) named Tara keeps moving, and it’s getting on her nerves. A girl her age should stay put and have friends; But not her. So, when she finally has a chance to prove herself popular, even if it means stealing the Principal’s lifesize stuffed goat (don’t ask) she should do it, right? Wrong. Her so called, “friends” abandon her and let’s just say the results include pepper spray in the eyes and a very angry principal. Her parents think that Tara needs to take a break from everything for a while, so they send her to Willow Falls, a mysterious little town where her Aunt and Uncle live with their 11 year old daughter that Tara’s never met before. But some pretty weird things start to happen in Willow Falls. What will happen? Read the book to find out! I would rate this book 6 out of 5 stars because it was AWESOME! You should read this book if you like mysteries, because this story is very mysterious.
Wow! Six stars! What made the book so awesome? Did you find the characters relatable? Did the plot take unexpected twists? I’d like to hear more about what worked for you.
Your summary is exciting to read, and I can hear your voice shining through. Remember, your book review should be more heavily weighted with your critique than with summary. Your opinion is most important!
Thank you for that advice! I’ll take it to to mind.
This sounds really good!
That was a good review. It gave me a feeling that I should read it.
I really liked how you added a little humor to your review and didn’t give away too much, I read 13 gifts too and I think that it is six out of five stars too.
Now I have to read it.
I really want to read this book now and I really want to know what starts to happens when Tara moves to Willow Falls.
Hmmmmmmmmm……… very mysterious. This reminds me of a christmas that I had (because of the gifts on the cover and title) except what happened was I opened the presents while all the grown-ups were distracted and one of the presents scared my sister……. (I said scary because of the number 13 on the title.)