Eleven

//Eleven // By: Laura Rosnyoi

The book //Eleven// is written by Patricia Reilly Giff. Patricia Reilly Giff is a two time Newberry winning author. I believe that this is a must read book. This book is very suspenseful. This is a very wonderful book that I highly recommend.

The book is about a young eleven year old boy who can’t read. Before his birthday, Sam, the eleven year old boy, looks every single little place in his apartment for extra hidden presents. A thought occurs to Sam that he did not look in the attic. So Sam climbs up a pipe to get to the attic the middle of the night.

While Sam is looking for the presents, something else catches his eye, a big metal box with a newspaper on top from a long time ago. Sam tries to sound out the words and finds out that he is missing! To find out more he asks Caroline the new girl at school who can read very well to help him. Sam and Caroline find out everything they can to find out what had happened.

This is the suspenseful part. I thought to myself “//Will Sam and Caroline find out if Sam is really missing and if he really is, how will they find out?”// Then just as they found out almost everything, Caroline has to leave on Sunday. They have only three days to find out as much as they can.

Caroline leaves and then Sam’s grandfather, Mack, Tells Sam exactly what had happened. This is the suspenseful part. Mack said “Your Mother had brought you….I lost my daughter, lost you, I lost everything.” Then Sam found out that Mack was his actual parent! Then on the last day of school, Sam saw Caroline at the Medieval Feast. Caroline leaves and asks Sam to write back to her if he can. Later Sam learns how to read and write back to Caroline. When he got home, Sam goes online on his computer and waits for Caroline to go home and respond to him.

The setting mostly takes place in the attic and it takes place in the present. Some parts are in the past like Sam being in the orphanage. This is a very suspenseful, sad, and funny story. This is a very wonderful book.