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Jerry Spinelli

Auteur van Stargirl

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Jerry Spinelli was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania on February 1, 1941. He received a bachelor's degree from Gettysburg College and a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University. He worked as an editor with Chilton from 1966 to 1989. He launched his career in children's literature with Space toon meer Station 7th Grade in 1982. He has written over 30 books including The Bathwater Gang, Picklemania, Stargirl, Milkweed, and Mama Seeton's Whistle. In 1991, he won the Newbery Award for Maniac Magee. In 1998, Wringer was named a Newbery Honor book. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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Werken van Jerry Spinelli

Stargirl (2000) 10,395 exemplaren
Maniac Magee (1990) 9,180 exemplaren
Loser (2003) 3,853 exemplaren
Wringer (1997) 3,503 exemplaren
Milkweed (1994) 2,971 exemplaren
Crash (1996) 2,467 exemplaren
Love, Stargirl (2007) 2,376 exemplaren
Fourth Grade Rats (1991) 2,214 exemplaren
The Library Card (1997) 2,156 exemplaren
Eggs (2007) 1,552 exemplaren
Smiles to Go (2008) 1,365 exemplaren
Knots in My Yo-Yo String (1998) 1,133 exemplaren
Third Grade Angels (2012) 958 exemplaren
Report to the Principal's Office (1991) 947 exemplaren
Do the Funky Pickle (1992) 600 exemplaren
Jake and Lily (2012) 515 exemplaren
There's a Girl in My Hammerlock (1991) 501 exemplaren
Picklemania! (1993) 358 exemplaren
Hokey Pokey (2013) 351 exemplaren
Space Station Seventh Grade (1982) 322 exemplaren
The Warden's Daughter (2017) 302 exemplaren
I Can Be Anything! (2010) 280 exemplaren
The Stargirl Collection (2-in-1) (2007) 255 exemplaren
Tooter Pepperday (1995) 146 exemplaren
Jason and Marceline (1986) 138 exemplaren
Dump Days (1988) 98 exemplaren
The Bathwater Gang (1990) 90 exemplaren
Stargirl Journal (2007) 88 exemplaren
Blue Ribbon Blues (1998) 80 exemplaren
Dead Wednesday (2021) 68 exemplaren
My Daddy and Me (2003) 59 exemplaren
Mama Seeton's Whistle (2015) 46 exemplaren
School Daze Collection (1993) 21 exemplaren
The Mighty Crashman (2002) 18 exemplaren
My Fourth of July (2019) 15 exemplaren
Jerry Spinelli Collection (2004) 10 exemplaren
Night of the Whale (1985) 7 exemplaren
Particelle atomiche (2022) 2 exemplaren
Magee, zis Maniacul 1 exemplaar
O MANÍACO MAGEE 1 exemplaar
Mongoose [novelette] — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
His Promised Land 1 exemplaar
Quarta elementare 1 exemplaar
Zinkoff, el inútil 1 exemplaar

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BooksInMirror | 16 andere besprekingen | Feb 19, 2024 |
Jake and Lily are twins who just turn 11 as the story begins, each chapter is written alternately by them. This is a lovely story about growing up and growing into individuals. Jake and Lily get to meet their long-missed grandfather, Poppy and discover that being twins doesn’t mean they have to do everything together. Lily reminds the reader of Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird with her independence and determination. There’s goombla, goobers and supergoobers-you’ll have to read the book to learn what they mean.
This is a great book to read this summer since that’s when the book takes place.
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BiblioQueen | 10 andere besprekingen | Feb 5, 2024 |
Stargirl is cute but also a little but creepy like a stalker.

Be yourself and be nice to people. Try not to let the force of public opinion sway you - especially while in high school.
 
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hmonkeyreads | 373 andere besprekingen | Jan 25, 2024 |
This was an interesting read, but I would never recommend it to a kid, and I'd doubt I'd have read it at all if the author weren't Jerry Spinelli. It seems more like a book written for adults (or maybe nostalgic teens) who want to dwell in a romanticized and stylized version of childhood. The language was creative, the plot a little dull, the setting cool. My one-star rating comes down to this: the reality of growing up is never as poetic and symbolic as it is in Hokey Pokey. Some readers will revel in Spinelli's fanciful prose-poetry and whimsy-laden metaphors. Others will feel nauseated. I went back and forth, but mostly felt nauseated.

There are obvious comparisons to be made to Peter Pan. Hokey Pokey seemed to me at first to be another version of Never-Never Land and Jack was an obvious Peter Pan-type leader. But that's kind of a misleading comparison. Jack's journey in this book is all about accepting that he's growing up and exiting childhood--there's nothing very Peter Pan in that. Also, there's no Captain Hook.
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Werken
60
Ook door
7
Leden
50,653
Populariteit
#300
Waardering
3.8
Besprekingen
1,282
ISBNs
665
Talen
13
Favoriet
50

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