Wringer (Turtleback)
Format: Turtleback
ISBN:
9780606139304 (0606139303)
Publish date: September 1st 1998
Publisher: Turtleback Books
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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