13 Gifts

13 Gifts
Wendy Mass

This book has around 330 pages, and a quick read. This is one of those books that I couldn't put down. This is one of my new favorite books for many reasons. To add to the book, she wrote it in first person. Tera is part of a group and gets in trouble for stealling a goat in the principal's office, while trying to make friends. While her parents go on a trip to Madagascar, Tera is sent to live with her aunt, uncle and cousin for the summer. She meets many friends with very strange habits and personalities. While trying to earn money, Tera is sent around town collecting strange items for a strange women. She has help from friends and has to do strange things, but she has a close deadline; her birthday. This is one of my new favorite books for many reasons. Wendy Mass put friendship, adventure, family into this great book. To add to the book, she wrote it in first person.