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| 1.Maniac Magee by: Jerry Spinelli November 01, 1999 |
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| I've been passionately in love with this book since the 4th grade. I think it is one of the best children's books ever written, in the many themes it explores.
Heck, you have to give the author credit for writing such an ordinary story in a style usually reserved for legends. For that's what this becomes, an urban legend, a tall tale, of a boy who is simply an ordinary boy. It's real and touching even as it goes over the line to the roll-your-eyes fantastic. Even as Maniac ... Read More: |
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| 2.Stargirl (Readers Circle) by: Jerry Spinelli May 11, 2004 |
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| The characters in this wonderful story jump out of the book, bypass your brain and go straight to your heart. Leo, the narrator feels very much like every high school student must feel, and it is portrayed perfectly in the text. Every single experience he has rings true, from his good moments to the ones where, if he were standing before me I would have punched him square in the mouth.
The title character Stargirl Caraway is an amazing bouncing creative individual in a mass of conforming teenagers. She wears ... Read More: |
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| 3.Loser by: Jerry Spinelli July 29, 2003 |
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| Jentz Z. review of Loser by Jerry Spinelli, March 19, 2008.
Donald Zinkoff is a kid who never fit in. Growing up for him was hard, he was teased and bullied. He grew up in the suburbs all his life. Donald has an internal conflict. Ever sense fifth grade he had the nickname loser. The only people he ever connected with were his dad and a girl named Claudia. Near the end of the book Claudia was lost and found shortly after but Donald didn't know and spent hours and hours looking for her. So when Donald was found everyone loved ... Read More: |
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| 4.Love, Stargirl by: Jerry Spinelli August 14, 2007 |
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| This piece of CRF features a young girl who is quirky, wise beyond her years, and homeschooled. She has moved away from her first love and is writing a journal which is, in fact, a letter to him. In the process of fitting into a new place, Stargirl becomes a bit of a celebrity in her new town because of her outstanding virtues and wisdom.
I love Stargirl! She is the girl I always wanted to be...so insightful, poetic, and wise. She pursues her own questions with passion and without regard for how others will view her. Stargirl is a great ... Read More: |
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| 5.Crash by: Jerry Spinelli May 11, 2004 |
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| My son needed this book to read over the summer for his 6th grade reading project. He loves the book and wishes the story continued. |
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| 6.Eggs by: Jerry Spinelli April 01, 2008 |
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| Eggs was my first Jerry Spinelli read, which is rather surprising considering two key points: (1) I am an avid reader and (2) I teach elementary school. Overall, I loved the characterization and detail Spinelli exercised throughout the storyline. I found pleasure and comfort in becoming familiar with the two main characters, David (age 7) and Primrose (age 13). However, at times these characters were difficult to be fond of considering their negative outlooks on life. As an educator, I read children's literature with the intent to use it in my classroom someday for ... Read More: |
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| 7.Milkweed (Readers Circle) by: Jerry Spinelli September 13, 2005 |
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| In this book, the Nazi invasion of Poland is seen through the eyes of a small homeless vagabond of a child, a child who is both too naive to understand properly what is going on around him, yet also more street-smart and much better at surviving the hard life than the adults around him.
I found this book refreshingly unique, intelligently written, and compelling too - in fact, I found it so impossible to put down that I ended up staying up most of the night to finish it. However, it is a very realistically written book, and none of the harshness of war is sugar-coated, ... Read More: |
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| 8.Smiles to Go by: Jerry Spinelli April 29, 2008 |
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| After my 4th grade teacher read Maniac Magee aloud to my classmates and me, I remember telling people for years to come that it was my favorite book. It wasn't until I rediscovered it in a `children's literature' class in college that I came to truly appreciate how great the book was and how incredible of a storyteller Jerry Spinelli is. Books like Maniac Magee, Wringer, Loser, and Crash have made him one of the most recognizable names in children's literature, and deservingly so. With his most recent novel, Smiles To Go, Spinelli returns to a format similar to that of his highly popular book ... Read More: |
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| 9.Fourth Grade Rats (Apple Paperbacks) by: Jerry Spinelli March 01, 1993 |
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| Fourth Grade Rats by Jerry Spinelli is a fantastic book. There are two fourth graders named Suds and Joey. Joey thinks that just because he's a rat, he can boss little kids. There are first grade babies, second grade cats , third grade angels, and fourth grade rats. Joey always tells Suds to be mean and say no to his mom. Suds nice and always wants Joey to be nice.
Suds wants to be a rat, but his brain tells him not to. There is a part in the story when kids make fun of Suds. Then he gets really mad and shoves a cake in a third grader's face. Then that's when he starts to be a rat. ... Read More: |
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| 10.Who Ran My Underwear Up The Flagpole (School Daze Series) by: Jerry Spinelli October 01, 1992 |
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| My 11 year old daughter and I read this book and the whole series together, and we both laughed our way through each one. There were times when I had trouble reading out loud as I couldn't stop laughing long enough to get the words out. If you have a child who isn't much into reading, this series might be just the one to peak his/her interest. The friendships formed by 4 new middle-schoolers and their interactions will make you want to read the book straight through without putting it down. I highly recommend this book and the series!!! |
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