In Eleven Birthdays by Wendy Mass, two best friends Leo, and Amanda don’t talk for a year and become trapped in time on their birthday due to their descendents curse put on them by the old lady Angelina that seems to have lived forever. The author shows how life is one big chain reaction by doing one simple thing could change your life for better or worse and that’s how Amanda’s and Leo’s story begins. Throughout the book the author shows us how life is really a chain reaction. The first example is when Amanda overhears Leo says that he doesn’t like spending his birthday every year with a girl that girl is Amanda. Having heard that Leo doesn’t like sharing his birthday with her which hurt her feelings because he was her best friend and she
