Report to the Principal's Office (Spinelli, Jerry. ...
Violet's Review: Report to the Principal's Office is an interesting book. It was a good book, but just good. It is a book about a girl named Sunny Wyler who is trying to get expelled so that she can go to her old school. There is also a girl named Salem [... more]
$2.75
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Space Station Seventh Grade
 Spinelli's First: Written over 20 years ago, "Space Station Seventh Grade" was author Jerry Spinelli's first published book. Oddly, he had not originally envisioned it as being written for juveniles, but instead submitted it to publishers as [... more]
$5.95
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Crash
"Hut, Hut, Hut:": I'm thinking of a five-letter word for a good, realistic book, and Crash is the word I'm looking for. It's by Jerry Spinelli, and if you like him, this is probably the best book he's written. Like most books by Spinelli, it's [... more]
$16.00
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Knots in My Yo-Yo String
A Short Trip Back in Time to My Own Childhood: I have to say that I enjoyed reading Jerry Spinelli's little book (148 pages) and was reminded of a simpler time, when summer never seemed to end, and there was Bonomo's Turkish Taffy and Hopalong Cassidy, [... more]
$10.95
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Eggs
Eggs from an Educator: 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 [... more]
$15.99
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Milkweed (Readers Circle)
Amazon.com Review: Newbery Medal-winning author Jerry Spinelli (Maniac McGee, Stargirl) paints a vivid picture of the streets of the Nazi-occupied Warsaw during World War II, as seen through the eyes of a curious, kind, heartbreakingly naïve orphan [... more]
$6.99
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Maniac Magee
Amazon.com Review: 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 [... more]
$25.00
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Maniac Magee
Amazon.com Review: 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 [... more]
$6.99
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My Daddy and Me
Amazon.com Review: Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli's first picture book stars a flop-eared young pup who loves to spend time with his father when he gets home from work. Little wonder! Dad has plenty of energy at day's end for playing the harmonica, [... more]
$6.99
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Maniac Magee
Features: CHILDRENS BOOKS & MUSIC Childrens Books Language Arts Amazon.com Review: 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 [... more]
$6.99
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There's a Girl in My Hammerlock
the spectacular work of Jerry Spinelli: ~There's A Girl In My Hammerlock~ How would I describe it? I could describe it as many things but the top reasons are that it made me think and wonder, and also makes me want to write my own book. Best of all it [... more]
$5.99
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Maniac Magee: A Novel (Trophy Newbery)
Amazon.com Review: 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 [... more]
$2.25
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