|
|
Jerry Spinelli ListingsIf you cannot find what you want on this page, then please use our search feature to search all our listings. Click on Title to view full description
|
|
|
|
1.
|
Eggs Jerry Spinelli
Little, Brown Young Readers 0316166472 / 9780316166478 Paperback
Nine-year-old David has been living with his grandmother since his mother's accidental death. Still in pain, he's determined not to make friends in his new town and not to make nice with his grandmother. Slowly, though, he forms a close albeit abrasive relationship with 13-year-old Primrose, whose single parent barely seems to notice when she moves into a nearby abandoned van. More kinship than friendship, the kids' bond draws them together and thrusts timid David into adventures from late-night treasure hunts in the neighbors' trash, to a highly competitive search for night crawlers, to an overnight hike to (or at least toward) Philadelphia. Funny, startling, and touching in turn, Spinelli's novel portrays two children, bereft and secretive, hurt and angry, who manage to give each other things that they need and cannot get--or won't accept--from the adults in their lives. The occasional reflections of adult characters seem out of place, but readers will find some of the scenes between David and Primrose vivid and memorable.
Price:
5.99 USD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.
|
Report To The Principal's Office! (School Daze Series) Jerry Spinelli
Scholastic 0590462776 / 9780590462778 Paperback
A book written with sparkle, humor, and warmth. It's the first day of school--middle school that is! Changing classes, lockers, P.E., eighth graders, a new high-tech building are among the challenges, and new sixth-graders Eddie Mott, Pickles Johnson, Salem Brownhill, and Sunny Wyler are filled with dread and anticipation. Armed with chutzpah, determination, and the support of a gutsy and lovable principal, they find their way through those first terrible, traumatic, memorable weeks of the fall term. Readers will recognize themselves as these feisty characters meet the challenges and find themselves actually looking forward to the next day of school. Positive and upbeat, this is a chuckle a chapter.
Price:
4.99 USD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.
|
Smiles to Go Jerry Spinelli
Harper Collins August 2009 0064471977 / 9780064471978 Paperback
Ninth grader Will Tuppence is in control. He plans everything obsessively, from the perfect stargazing night with his crush, Mi-Su, to the regular Saturday-night games of Monopoly with his friends. He's even planned his entire adulthood: career as an astronomer; mint condition, black 1985 Jaguar XJS/12; two kids. . . . But everything changes the day Will learns one startling fact: protons—those tiny atomic particles, the building blocks to the building blocks of life—can die. The one thing that was so certain in this world to Will has an expiration date. And Will's carefully planned-out life? Not so certain, either.
Price:
6.99 USD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.
|
Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli
Little, Brown Young Readers 1999 0316809063 / 9780316809061 Paperback
Maniac Magee is a folk story about a boy, a very excitable boy. One that can outrun dogs, hit a home run off the best pitcher in the neighborhood, tie a knot no one can undo. "Kid's gotta be a maniac," is what the folks in Two Mills say. It's also the story of how this boy, Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee, confronts racism in a small town, tries to find a home where there is none and attempts to soothe tensions between rival factions on the tough side of town. Presented as a folk tale, it's the stuff of storytelling. "The history of a kid," says Jerry Spinelli, "is one part fact, two parts legend, and three parts snowball." And for this kid, four parts of fun. Maniac Magee won the 1991 Newbery Medal.
Price:
6.99 USD
|
|
|
|
|
10.
|
Where I Live Eileen Spinelli
Penguin 0803731221 / 9780803731226 Hardcover New
Diana loves where she lives. She loves the astronomy charts on her walls and the fact that she can wave to her best friend, Rose, from her very own window. And best of all, a wren has recently made its home right by her front door! When her family is forced to move, Diana wonders if she’ll ever find that same grounded and happy feeling again. This gentle and ultimately redeeming story in poems is about those secure and fulfilling friendships that happen naturally and easily when you live right next door, and the struggles of losing the comfort of a familiar place. Matt Phelan’s warm and expressive illustrations perfectly complement Eileen Spinelli’s tenderhearted and unique tale that reminds us that sometimes a little uprooting and change is necessary for growth.
Price:
16.99 USD
|
|
|
|
