Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff

Review by Sara

Eleven is about an 11 year old boy named Sam Mackenzie. Sam does not read well, but does love woodshop. He's family loves him. Which includes his grandfather, Mack, a shop owner Amrita, and Onjy.One day when Mack was out doing something, Sam went upstairs to the attic. Sam found a box with a lock on it. Somehow sam managed to open it. Inside sam found an old newspaper, that said M-I-S-S-I-N-G- in big red letters. Then on the bottom it said "A boy named Sam Bell is missing." Sam just sat there. Sam couldn't read well. He couldn't make out the other words. From than on Sam is very frightened. He wants' to know about his past. So, sam want's to find someone that will read it for him. At first he thought,"should I ask mack?"Then he decided not to. So right the next day sam found the perfect person. One day a girl from another town comes to Sam's school. For the reason that sam cannot read well, sam was looking for someone to read the newspaper for him. Sam becomes friend's with the new girl. Sam grows more and more impatient. The next day sam plans to ask the new girl if she would come to his house and read the newspaper for him. So, the next day the girl comes to his house. Her and Sam go upstairs in the attic and the girl reads a lot of the newspaper for him. Sam is frightened from what he learns from the newspaper. As the story goes on, sam learns a lot of things about his past. He intends to learn more.

People who might enjoy this book are people who have already read, Harry Potter ,and Savvy. I hope whoever reads this will just want to read on, and on and on. Just likeI did. If you're one of those people who read's half of the chapter and sais" I'm bored."Well believe it or not, for this book you will not. Have a good time reading this.