13 Gifts

Wendy Mass turns to another magical birthday When Tara a self-proclaimed shrinking violet steals the school mascot a goat in order to make some friends with the popular crowd and gets caught she gets herself in a heap of trouble In addition her parents decide that instead of taking her on their summer trip to Madagascar to study the courtship rituals of the Bamboo Lemur she must go stay with her aunt uncle and bratty cousin Emily St Claire in Willow Falls Tara thinks its a good time to start over shell be turning after all so she might as well make the best of it and perhaps even attempt to break out of her shell in a non-criminal manner What Tara doesnt know is that this charmed town has something big in store for her on her th birthday Its not a typical birthday But then again nothing is Willow Falls is exactly typical.