Leo and Amanda share a birthday, are best friends, and have their parties together every year - but not this year - their 11th. During last year's party, Amanda heard Leo saying something unkind, while he was trying to be cool. She doesn't have many friends of her own. She considered him to be her best friend and she was devastated. They haven't spoken for a year. On their 11th birthday, Amanda's Dad is sick, her Mom loses her job, and Amanda has gymnastics tryouts. The day is repeated again and again until Leo realizes it is happening to both of them. They skip school and attempt to set things right.
"Nothing nice you ever do for anyone is for no reason."
"You can't get any do-overs in life...being too nice is worse than being a jerk, which doesn't make any sense, but supposedly it will when I'm a teenager."
Mark Twain Award Nominee 2011
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