13 Gifts

Written by Wendy Mass

Book #3 in the Willow Falls series

Tara must collect thirteen mysterious objects or face dire consequences in a town where nothing is as it seems.

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341 pages· 88,832 words· Est. 12.5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Tara Brennan's punishment for a prank gone wrong lands her in the peculiar town of Willow Falls. Here, she encounters a cast of eccentric characters, including a boy who sings in an empty pool and a girl linked to a teen movie star. But it's the enigmatic Angelina D'Angelo who sets Tara on a quest to gather thirteen mysterious objects before her thirteenth birthday. As Tara races against time, she discovers that the true magic lies not just in the objects, but in the unexpected friendships and self-discovery along the way. Will she succeed before it's too late?

From the publisher

Welcome back to Willow Falls, where anything is possible and nothing is as it seems!It doesn’t take long for Tara Brennan to realize that breaking into school to steal a goat is not a good idea. As punishment for her crimes, Tara’s parents send her to the sleepy town of Willow Falls to stay with relatives she hardly knows, including her strange younger cousin Emily. Tara quickly learns that Emily isn’t even remotely the strangest person in town. There’s a boy who sings at the bottom of an empty pool, two best friends who use blackboards to communicate, and a girl who may or may not be dating the world’s hottest teen movie star.Due to another lapse in judgment, Tara finds herself beholden to perhaps the strangest person of all: Angelina D’Angelo. If Tara can’t collect thirteen mysterious objects for the old woman in time for her thirteenth birthday, the consequences will be REALLY BAD. With a big dose of birthday magic, Tara’s adventures take her and her new friends to places they never thought they’d find, some in the real world, and a lot deep inside themselves.

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