Lauren Myracle is a young author who relates well to tweens and teens. She has written many books that deal with adolescence, relationships, families, school life, as well as sex, drugs and alcohol. While I prefer her tween books to her teen books, I am happy to recommend the “Winnie Series”.
Winnie Years Series
- Ten (2010)
- Eleven (2004)
- Twelve (2007)
- Thirteen (2008)
- Thirteen Plus One(2010)
Ten was just recently published, even though it is the prequel to Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, and Thirteen Plus One. For those of you who are just starting out with this series I recommend beginning with Ten. For those readers who have already read "The Winnie Years", Ten is really a great beginning to this sweet little series and a wonderful read even though you know Winnie as she gets older.
I’m happy that Lauren chose to come back and write Ten as I feel this story gives more background to our fabulous character Winnie and I think readers can relate more to her as a young tween. Each book begins with Winnie celebrating her birthday. Through the years we deal with different issues as Winnie gets older and more mature and life gets more complicated.
Ten introduces the character Winnie Perry who is so excited to become ten, the double digits. She is almost a middle-schooler and that means of course more responsibility. This story is predictable as it concludes the last year of elementary school with Winnie and her best friend Amanda .
In Eleven, Winnie finds a new best friend but what happens to Amanda? In Twelve, her body begins to develop and she buys her first bra and gets her period. In Thirteen boys become really important and there are big changes in Winnie’s family, all good. Thirten Plus One is the end of the middle school years and now Winnie and her friends are typical teens getting ready to start high school. This brings about different challenges and issues for these young girls to deal with.
"The Winnie Years" is a great little series for girls in grades 5 and up.
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