Wringer
He was not aware that he ever stopped crying.In his sleep a voice echoed down the long dark barrel of a cannon: You have run out of birthdays. In the morning he awoke suddenly to a flutter of wings. Birthdays are an obsession where Palmer comes from, but if turning a year older means initiation...
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He was not aware that he ever stopped crying.In his sleep a voice echoed down the long dark barrel of a cannon: You have run out of birthdays. In the morning he awoke suddenly to a flutter of wings. Birthdays are an obsession where Palmer comes from, but if turning a year older means initiation into a violent practice he despises, he'd rather not. Unfortunately, Palmer cannot stop time any more than he can change tradition. So as this next and most important birthday approaches, Palmer knows that it's now or never. Something must be done.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060592820 (0060592826)
Publish date: September 7th 2004
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Academic,
School,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Animals,
Chapter Books
Jerry Spinelli is not a favorite author just because I have a hit or miss past reading his books - some I really love, and others just fall flat. However, I think he consistently shows a keen understanding of what it is like to be a kid. The experiences that Palmer goes through are universal, even...
i really need to create a "books of my childhood" shelf.
A lovely book about a friendship with an animal - a pigeon. I just wish that the friendship had also caused a general change in the town's attitude toward pigeons. I'm no fan of pigeons, but kiling them off in a pigeon hunt is not something I like either.
Brilliant! One of the best children's novels ever.
Brilliant! One of the best children's novels ever.
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