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Ten

Humorous author Lauren Myracle had previously written “Eleven,” “Twelve,” “Thirteen” and “Thirteen Plus One.”  When her fans begged for more, she chose to write “Ten” to her series, “The Winnie Years.”  In her usual format, each chapter covers one month in this year-long adventure.  At age 10, this book is reminiscent of Junie B. Jones’ personality (but with better grammar…”We were happy and splashy and yay-summer-vacation-y” and later…. “I could see that he was actually wearing his I’m-not-so-happy-right-now-and-I-might-cry-and-so-I-am-covering-it-up-with-stubborness expression.”)  Common themes throughout the book include family, friendship, and bullying.