Angelina, the mysterious old lady whose magical string pullings have made life so very interesting for Amanda and Leo in the past, wants them to make Grace's birthdays go the way Angelina had intended them to go, which would have brought Grace into the fold of Angelina's magical protection, hence no coma. The Last Present tells how Amanda and Leo, best friends forever, have to travel back to the past nine birthday's of ten year old Grace to save her from a coma she's mysteriously fallen into.

But in as much as it is this particular type of a final book, it really requires the reader to have read the first ones.and since they are fun, fast reads, there's absolutely no reason why you wouldn't want to!

And it is a good ending, a satisfying one that ties up all the plot threads, and leaves the reader feeling that the kids will be just fine. What Alyssa doesn't know is that this charmed town has something big in store for her on her 13th birthday.Ĭustomers who bought this item also bought.The years passed, the eleven year olds of book one grew older, and new book came out every year- Finally, 13 Gifts, and now, this year, the final book of the series: The Last Present (Scholastic, Sept. Alyssa thinks it's a good time to start over she'll be turning 13 after all, so she might as well make the best of it and perhaps even attempt to break out of her shell (in a non-criminal manner). In addition, her parents decide that instead of taking her on their summer trip to Madagascar to study the courtship rituals of the Bamboo Lemur, she must go stay with her aunt, uncle, and bratty cousin Emily St. Wendy Mass turns to another magical birthday: 13 NARRATOR: TBAįORMAT: 5 CDs, Unabridged When Alyssa, a self-proclaimed shrinking violet, steals the school mascot, a goat, in order to make some friends with the popular crowd and gets caught, she gets herself in a heap of trouble. Review Citations: School Library Journal pg. Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Birthdays

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