Eleven

Posted by Jordan in DogEared on August 18, 2009

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BOOK NAME: Eleven
AUTHOR: Lauren Myracle

Winnie is turning eleven and realizes that things are changing in the world and in herself. First of all, her best friend Amanda is dumping Winnie for another girl who is just a snob. Then, her older sister is moody all the time. Next a dork in the class wants to hang out all the time with Winnie and that does not help Winnie’s coolness factor. Lastly all of the girls in her class have a boyfriend except for her. Winnie will find a way to make things better but that might mean giving up something.

I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My friends had been telling me that it was such a good read and I needed to buy it. It has many sequels which I will surely get and blog on. It is very interesting because there’s love, competition, friendship and fighting. It’s neat because the story is told in each month of the year so that means that there are twelve chapters. It never EVER got boring and it was a learning adventure.

I would definitely not miss reading this book especially if your are a girl who likes some fun fiction. Post a comment if you have ever been dumped by a friend like Winnie.

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Comments

  1. ckd1998
    August 18, 2009, 2:58 pm

    Eleven was a really good book, but the second (Twelve) was ok,and the third (Thirteen) was just not worth reading,in my opinion.

  2. EMN
    August 19, 2009, 10:14 am

    Iloved this book.I can relate to Winnie with her friendship trobles.I also loved the second book (Twelve)and i am looking forward to reading the third book (Thirteen)

  3. spock9
    August 19, 2009, 5:54 pm

    The book sounds cool. I’d probably be her moody older sister. :)

  4. emmierox33
    August 20, 2009, 11:42 am

    I can relate to some of the things Winnie is going through but having a boyfriend really shouldn’t be that important I am older that she is and I still don’t worry about that kind of stuff, but that doesn’t mean I completely avoid boys even though they ar gross, and wierd, and did I mention wierd?

  5. citrusgirl
    August 20, 2009, 12:08 pm

    read all three. great books. funny story actually. i got eleven at a book fair, and when i started reading it, Winnie’s birthday was the same date it was in real life. i find it funny.

  6. Kids Chair
    August 20, 2009, 12:17 pm

    Sounds like a great book!

  7. flipflops722
    August 20, 2009, 5:25 pm

    i love that book it is the best and i feel the same way that winne dose! i read the book and did the some things they did and i feel like a new person!

  8. arianamus
    August 22, 2009, 3:48 pm

    This sounds like a great book! I’ve seen this book and it’s sequals in like every bookstore and library around River Forest! I’m deffenetly going to try and get this.

  9. summergirl
    August 23, 2009, 1:51 pm

    I had a best friend in 1&2 grade i am in 6 grade now but she and i hung out alot. i went over her house and played with her and her older sis. she did not like that i played with her older sis. Just 2 say we are no longer friends. i would love 2 read this book. i should cheak it out of the library!

  10. Animalgirl19
    August 29, 2009, 7:57 am

    looks like a great read just be careful when you type eleven into the librarys catalog theres also a really creepy looking adults book called eleven

  11. booksmart
    August 30, 2009, 5:28 pm

    Iagree with emmierox33. I have not read Eleven but from whatI can tell her priorities are wrong. I am twelve and I have a friend who has a boyfriend. I don’t care that I that I don’t have one. I don’t want one. I find boys entertaining and fun. I am going to wait until I am older. Though I can understand her being lonely. I don’t have much friends myself.

  12. writergirl23
    September 5, 2009, 7:39 pm

    Sounds cool!

  13. 123prunee
    September 9, 2009, 7:27 pm

    OMG!!! i LOVED that book!!!

  14. musemagfan13
    September 16, 2009, 6:32 pm

    Well, GEEZ. I like Lauren Myracle’s books, and I might read this one, but…a boyfriend? At age eleven? I don’t know anyone my age who’s dating, and I’m older than 11. Boys are great as friends, but as boyfriends? Before, like, age 13? Just…no. No.

  15. musemagfan13
    September 16, 2009, 6:33 pm

    hey spock9 I’d probably be the moody older sister, too! My friend just called me moody the other day, and I’m like, “Gee, thanks.”

  16. heller,peace
    October 6, 2009, 12:26 pm

    this looks like a good book!!!!!

  17. mergenda
    October 13, 2009, 9:37 am

    seems pretty interesting! :-)

  18. Anonymous
    December 2, 2009, 6:17 pm

    I’ve read this book and I’ve also read Twelve (the second book). I think it’s really cool and Twelve is great too but I’m not going to buy Thirteen yet.

  19. writergirl23
    January 5, 2010, 12:33 am

    You said post a comment if you’ve ever been dumped by a friend like Winnie was. And yes! The new girl who my friend got as a friend was a snob too! :( But when the girl left to go to a public school instead of the one I go to, I got my friend back, except we’re not best friends any more! :(

  20. Emma
    January 15, 2010, 12:41 pm

    You know Jordan, after your review on this book, I am convinced I am gonna read it. I think you are a really great ‘book reporter’ Jordan! GOOOO TEAM JORDAN!

  21. Selenasfan
    January 19, 2010, 7:28 pm

    OMG! I read this book and I love it! But I don’t like how she runs away from the elderly woman who needs help. I also don’t like how she buys a card for the elderly woman cuz she feels bad and then gives it to her “friend” I thought that was stupid. I never got to the end cuz I got busy reading the series the 39 Clues. But maybe I’ll finish it. LOL :)

  22. Livi Loo
    January 21, 2010, 9:14 pm

    Hey people. It’s actually selenasfan. IDK why i’m saying this but, READ THE 39 CLUES SERIES ITS AWESOME! And to Jordin who posted about the book eleven i’m not trying to insult your entry. I just think it would be cool if more ppl read the 39 clues. Heeeey maybe you could read ‘em too! :)

  23. Doxand
    January 22, 2010, 10:36 pm

    Uhhhh. IDK what to say but hi best friend livi loo. (hehehe olivia) Sorry just had to say that
    Mwahahahahaha :)

  24. CherylByrel:D
    February 2, 2010, 8:13 am

    lol,this is such a coincidence!my class library has Twelve,and my friend recently showed me the part whre they go skinny dipping and i was like,EW!!especially the part about their counselor doing it too!!!!!IT was so sick it was funny!:)

  25. starz321
    February 16, 2010, 9:50 pm

    twelve and up was kinda disturbing…

  26. nemelum
    February 22, 2010, 2:44 pm

    I think she should’nt think of her self like that
    i dont have one and I don’ care

  27. susie
    March 15, 2010, 7:32 pm

    Well i dont have a boyfriend and i dont want one! LOL :) my bffs have boyfriends and im only 10!!!! idc though!!!!!!!!!

  28. lolgirly16
    March 27, 2010, 9:22 am

    I’m reading twelve and you good so far but I don’t know how eleven is so I might read it next and I’m also tinking about thirteen.

  29. Emma
    May 1, 2010, 1:22 pm

    I’m turning eleven! OMG! I need to read that book again!

  30. Brookiecookiex0x
    May 9, 2010, 4:54 pm

    i have this book i read the first pg. and put it down but then again i dont like to read books..but i dont like this book

    ~Brookelle

  31. lemonlimeluke
    May 12, 2010, 12:19 am

    Sounds like a really cool book! I am not 11 yet, but I can feel her pain!

  32. DanielRadcliffe4586
    June 29, 2010, 4:34 pm

    There is a book called twelve and one called thirteen too Jordan.

  33. weirdchick29@yahoo.com
    August 18, 2010, 10:21 pm

    I read Eleven,Twelve,and I am going to read thirteen when I turn 12.Right now I am elven.I just like reading it cuz it is funny,has alot of adventures and is very touching in some parts of the book.The thing that is cool is that it goes by the months and there is 12 chapters and in every book in the end it is Winnie’s birthday.And you always get a sneak peak of the next chapter which I love cuz I always know what is going on.Lauren Myracle is an awesome writer and one of my favorites. Another book i suggest to all of you is Confetti Girl by Diane Lopez and A Crooked Kind of Perfect. I dont know who the author is. I am not trying to be rude to this series I am just telling you what other good books are out there.

  34. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
    November 13, 2010, 8:49 pm

    jordan,i could have never explained a book as well as you did!i love it!-abcdef etc.

  35. missyp789
    April 1, 2011, 12:44 pm

    i once had a friend in the 2nd grade.When i moved to a private school,i thought i would never see her again,well,long story short,I met her again,and she saidv who are you!When I told her,she sighed,rolled her eyes, said “whatever” and ran towards the snobs that made fun of me before.:(

  36. Aishani
    December 11, 2011, 7:09 am

    i like this book. i am 12 but i didn’t face these weird things when i was 11. seriously!

  37. Marceline
    August 7, 2012, 4:48 am

    I really want to read this book. Kinda reflects me.

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