Eleven - Audio Library Edition (The Winnie Years)

Myracle, Lauren

ISBN 10: 0545115248 ISBN 13: 9780545115247

Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books, 2009

Synopsis

NY Times bestselling author Lauren Myracle writes a true and touching book just right for tween readers.

FORMAT: 4 CD, Unabridged
NARRATOR: Jen Taylor

Eleven year-old Winnie knows that change isn't all it's cracked up to be, especially when it means her best friend, Amanda, might be dropping her for someone else. Throw in a grumpy teenage sister, a cat who gets trapped in the wall, and a crush who has pink-eye, and you've got one big mess! Winnes is determined to remain exactly the same, no matter what the rest of the world does. But every month brings crazy, new adventures! A lot can change in a year...maybe even Winnie.

About this title

About the Author:

Lauren Myracle is the author of Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, TTYL,TTFN, Kissing Kate, and the recently published How to Be Bad. She is a NY Times bestselling author and her books have received the following honors: ALA Best Books for Young Adults, ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers, and New York Public Library Books for the TeenAge. She holds a MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College. Lauren lives in Colorado with her husband and three children.

From Booklist:

Gr. 4-7. This light novel, which opens with an eleventh birthday and ends with a twelfth, recounts narrator Winnie's year as she reluctantly grows apart from her best friend, Amanda, and grows closer to Dinah, a girl she previously pitied. Her disappointment when Amanda becomes occupied with fashion and boys and finds a new best friend is deftly portrayed, as is Winnie's increasing respect for the awkward but kind Dinah. The stilted structure of covering one month per chapter, each with a main episode, creates a choppy pace that detracts from the effectiveness of an otherwise enjoyable read, but all three girls, and Winnie's sulky older sister, come across as fully rounded characters that interact in believable ways. Kathleen Odean
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About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0545115248
• ISBN 13: 9780545115247
• Binding: Audio CD