SOLVED. Romance. Groundhog day esque book. I remember that the same day kept repeating over and over again, and this only happened for two people, a girl and a boy that were childhood friends but grew distant. No one dies [s]

[Madeline]

I think I read this book around 2014? Maybe later, but definitely not earlier. Groundhog day esque book. I remember that the same day kept repeating over and over again, and this only happened for two people, a girl and a boy that were childhood friends but grew distant. No one dies, unlike many time loop books. To break the loop the two met someone? and they like found an old pot that the two made together. They also had a test on the day that kept repeating. Don't remember much other than that.

[Madeline]

Oh also whatever the girl wore would stay with her during the time loop. Pretty sure the day that looped was a birthday? and there was a smiley face balloon in the closet every day.

[Ann]

It's very much a children's book, not YA, but perhaps 11 Birthdays?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Madeline, please add plot details to your topic header, which is vague now.

[Kris]

Google Books preview of Ann's suggestion 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass:

https://books.google.com/books?id=kfo...

One Goodreads reviewer says: "Amanda and Leo decorated flower pots for their 5th birthday and an old woman with a duck shaped birth mark “gave Amanda a seed from Leos great great grandfathers tree and gave Leo a seed from Amanda’s great great grandfather’s tree” This was supposed to keep off the enchantment till they were 18 years old as long as they kept their trees near. But after the fight on their 10th birthday Amanda “tossed the pot out the window” into a nearby hedge."

[Madeline]

Wait yes that’s what it was I remembered reading it when I was a kid and it bothered me sm so ty !!