Eleven by: Lauren Myracle

I have heard so many great things about this series from my friends that I had to read it.  It is an easy read for me, but still very good.  The main character is a girl named Winnie.  The book is written from her point of view.  The book is set up so that every month is a different chapter.  In each month there are new and exciting twists and turns.  In the first chapter it is Winnie's eleventh birthday.  The day is going perfect for her, until her party starts.  She and her best friend, Amanda, made a entire schedule of how the birthday party is going to go, but none of the other girls want to follow it.  Winnie wanted to act out a play, but everyone else thought that it would be boring.  Then someone found the old electric chair that went up and down the stairs.  It was meant for old people who couldn't walk up the stairs, but Winnie's friends thought it would be fun to play with.  The girls were complaining about the pizza, the gifts, and everything that Winnie and Amanda had planned.  Winnie was getting really sad, but then her bff Amanda showed her birthday gift to her.  It was a kitten! Winnie named her cutie-pie.  That was the exciting moment in chapter 1.  The next chapters get more and more exciting as the year goes by.  Winnie struggles to fit in with her friends as they start to like boys and makeup.  The new girl, Gail, is also trying to steal Amanda away from Winnie.  Winnie and Gail have a lot of funny arguments over clothes and hair and some silly little things.  I haven't finished the book yet and I really want to find out who Amanda wants to be best friends with.  I think that she will go back to Winnie because they were best friends for life.  You never know though because so much can happen in a year! This book is really good and I recommend reading it.  I cannot wait until I get to the rest of the series.