I liked how it was structured-each birthday party presented new challenges of infiltration (easy at first, but harder as Grace and her friends became younger), and each one they fixed resulted in a change in Grace's present state (like unlocking a level in a game), and every birthday party raised more questions and doubts about just what Angelina was up to.įortunately Angelina's magic disguises Amanda and Leo, so they don't have to worry about being recognized (especially the time they arrive in the past in cow costumes), but they, of course, get to see the younger selves of people they know, which makes things interesting. It's a very nice sort of time travel too, with each birthday party visit (Grace getting younger each year) it's own juicy little bite of adventure. With a full ensemble cast of all the other characters from all the other books, nicely bound together by friendships and developing romantic relationships, and with an even more direct confrontation with Angelina's magic, this is a book that's very satisfying for a fan of the series. Angelina's schemes were being actively opposed.and the young time travelers are caught up in a much less straightforward endeavor than they had anticipated. A straightforward mission of time travel and quick thinking-they only have to get three of the birthdays right, and they've gotten hold of the home videos of all of them so that they can see just what went wrong with each one.Įxcept that the things that went wrong weren't random chance. Angelina, the mysterious old lady whose magical string pullings have made life so very interesting for Amanda and Leo in the past, wants them to make Grace's birthdays go the way Angelina had intended them to go, which would have brought Grace into the fold of Angelina's magical protection, hence no coma.
The Last Present tells how Amanda and Leo, best friends forever, have to travel back to the past nine birthday's of ten year old Grace to save her from a coma she's mysteriously fallen into. But in as much as it is this particular type of a final book, it really requires the reader to have read the first ones.and since they are fun, fast reads, there's absolutely no reason why you wouldn't want to! And it is a good ending, a satisfying one that ties up all the plot threads, and leaves the reader feeling that the kids will be just fine. The years passed, the eleven year olds of book one grew older, and new book came out every year- Finally, 13 Gifts, and now, this year, the final book of the series: The Last Present (Scholastic, Sept.
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