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Wringer: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
Contributor(s): Spinelli, Jerry (Author)

ISBN: 0060249137 ISBN-13: 9780060249137
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 1997
Annotation: From Newbery Medal winner Jerry Spinelli comes a gripping tale of how one boy learns how not to be afraid. For as long as Palmer LaRue can remember, he has dreaded the day he turns ten--the day he'll take his place beside the other ten-year-old boys in town and become a wringer. Will he find the courage to stand up to his town? 1998 Newbery Honor Book; ALA Notable Children's Books of 1998; "School Library Journal" Best Books of 1997.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Classics
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Violence
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Peer Pressure

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 96037897

Age Level: 8-12

Grade Level: 3-7

Lexile Measure: 690(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.46" W x 7.81" L (0.66 lbs) 240 pages

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Awards: Maine Student Book Award, Second Place, Grades 4-8, 1998
Maine Student Book Award, Second Place, Grades 4-8, 1999
Black-Eyed Susan Award, Nominee, Grades 6-9, 1999
Colorado Blue Spruce Award, Nominee, Young Adult, 2001
Newbery Medal, Honor Book, Children's, 1998

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 06/15/1997 pg. 957
Booklist 09/01/1997 pg. 118
New York Times 11/16/1997 pg. 52
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/1998 pg. 735
ALA Notable Children's Books 01/01/1998 pg. 1224
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1997 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
School Library Journal 12/01/1997
Publishers Weekly 06/02/1997
School Library Journal 09/01/1997
School Library Journal 01/01/2000

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 17800
Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

Newbery Honor Book * ALA Notable Children's Book

Deeply felt. Presents a moral question with great care and sensitivity. --The New York Times

A spellbinding story about rites of passage. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A realistic story with the intensity of a fable. --The Horn Book (starred review)

Thought-provoking. --School Library Journal (starred review)

In Palmer LaRue's hometown of Waymer, turning ten is the biggest event of a boy's life. But for Palmer, his tenth birthday is not something to look forward to, but something to dread. Then one day, a visitor appears on his windowsill, and Palmer knows that this, more than anything else, is a sign that his time is up. Somehow, he must learn how to stop being afraid and stand up for what he believes in.

Wringer is a powerful tour de force from Newbery Medal winner Jerry Spinelli.

Contributor Bio(s): Spinelli, Jerry: -

Jerry Spinelli received the Newbery Medal for Maniac Magee and a Newbery Honor for Wringer. His other books include Stargirl; Love, Stargirl; Smiles to Go; Loser; Jake and Lily; Hokey Pokey; and The Warden's Daughter. His novels are recognized for their humor and poignancy, and his characters and situations are often drawn from his real-life experience as a father of six children. Jerry lives with his wife, Eileen, also a writer, in Wayne, Pennsylvania.