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13 Gifts (Willow Falls) by Wendy Mass
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13 Gifts (Willow Falls) (edition 2013)

by Wendy Mass

Series: Willow Falls (3)

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Shortly before her thirteenth birthday, shy and withdrawn Tara is sent to stay with her aunt, uncle, and cousin in her parents' hometown of Willow Falls, where she makes friends and becomes involved with an elderly buyer and seller of collectibles, who seems to be trying to give Tara some kind of mysterious message.… (more)
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Title:13 Gifts (Willow Falls)
Authors:Wendy Mass
Info:Scholastic Inc. (2013), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 352 pages
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  lcslibrarian | Aug 13, 2020 |
I've been meaning to read a Wendy Mass book for a while, and this was a suitable introduction. It was very enjoyable, with likable characters, a smidge of fantasy (the kind you hope really exists in the world), and a touch of romance. I will be recommending it to 10-13 year-olds who are ready for more nuanced stories about friendships, but not quite ready for the raw world of YA. ( )
  amandabock | Dec 10, 2019 |
I really need to express the need on this site for a half star, this book was almost perfect, but not my favorite. I really win to give it 4 and a half stars, but I will give it 5, because it's better than most of my 4 books. ( )
  Lvkidsbooks | Nov 11, 2016 |
This review is also available on my blog, Read Till Dawn.

My copy of this book is very special to me: it was the first arc I ever received. A kind librarian gave it to me a short while before its release date, and I was in awe at this strange and magical idea that you could read a book before it came out. I had no idea how to get an arc on my own power and figured that I wasn't important enough to get one - but I cherished my copy of 13 Gifts and have taken care of it for years.

All right, let's get going! This is the third book in the Willow Falls series. Click here to read my review of 11 Birthdays, and here for my review of Finally (links go to my blog). This is one of my favorite series; a comfort read I fell back on when I felt miserable after surgery. I decided to review the entire series so others could discover it.

This is the first book in the series that really leans on the ones before it, making it much more enjoyable if you've read the earlier books. Tara, our latest heroine, comes to stay with her cousin Emily (from Finally) and becomes friends with characters from the other books. I'm sure you could make it through this one without having read the others, but it would spoil the first books and would be a lot less fun. One of my favorite things about this book is that it is full of nods and references to the first two books. Inside jokes, old friends, and past mishaps all make appearances throughout the book - and poor Tara is completely befuddled by them!

For many years I cherished this book because of the way it felt like a culmination of the others. Tara is actually the least relatable of the main characters, because I would never steal a comic book from my uncle, no matter how much I needed the money. It's not that I don't like her, and in most of the book she's great. I just don't find her particular predicament relateble. The story is fun, though, and I've reread it numerous times. This is the book that really solidified my love for the series, because while a first book doesn't affect the books that come after it, and the second book that's also a standalone can be an anomaly, by the time you get to the third book in the series and you love that one you know that without a doubt you love the entire series. After reading this one, I hunkered down and started counting the days until the next one came out.

Have you read this series? How do you like it? And if you haven't, do you think it looks interesting? Next week is my review of the fourth and last (published) book in the series. ( )
  Jaina_Rose | Mar 1, 2016 |
This book was pretty good because I really liked how the author spread the book out in to pieces and it was really funny. ( )
  BFF2 | Jan 7, 2014 |
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For my daughter, Chloe, who has given me more gifts in her five years than I ever imagined.
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Like all big mistakes, mine started out with a goat.
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Shortly before her thirteenth birthday, shy and withdrawn Tara is sent to stay with her aunt, uncle, and cousin in her parents' hometown of Willow Falls, where she makes friends and becomes involved with an elderly buyer and seller of collectibles, who seems to be trying to give Tara some kind of mysterious message.

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