Most Popular Books by Jerry Spinelli

For use in teaching literature to high school students.

Lui è innamorato e passa buona parte del suo tempo a farsi bello, mentre lei pensa solo allo sport Anche se sono fratello e sorella, Megin e Greg non potrebbero essere più diversi, e tra loro non tarda a scoppiare una guerra all''ultimo, perfido scherzo, sotto lo sguardo disincantato del fratellino più piccolo. Ma in poco tempo la situazione precipita

Crash Coogan is cool. He''s the star of the school football team...and he''s a bully. Penn Webb is small and weedy. Penn Webb hates violence. He''s a ''Peace'' badge-wearing vegetarian...and he wants to try out for the cheerleading team. Crash and Penn are not destined to get along. From the day Penn moves into the neighbourhood, Crash torments him mercilessly. But no humiliation seems to bring Penn down. Could it be that in some way he is actually stronger than Crash?

Donald gaat graag naar school en de andere kinderen vinden hem dus onuitstaanbaar. Als hij een held blijkt te zijn, verandert dat.

Certain that the new dance he has learned will finally win Sunny''s heart, Eddie performs the Funky Pickle at school and finds himself attracting Angelpuss, a female classmate with orange spiked hair and a nose ring. Original.

Un mercoledì all''anno, ogni allievo di terza media riceve una tessera con il nome di un adolescente scomparso in un incidente e una camicia di colore nero: da quando la indossa è un''altra persona. È invisibile. Bruco, però, già ogni giorno si sente così. Chiuso nel suo bozzolo, percorre invisibile il mondo, standosene in disparte a guardare da bordo campo. Sono gli eventi a dare energia alla sua vita, e di solito questi sono messi in moto dal suo migliore amico, Eddie, che è tutto ciò che lui non è: attraente, popolare, atletico... un capo nato. Quando però gli viene assegnata la tessera di Becca Finch, e lei appare misteriosamente sul suo banco di scuola in pigiama e pantofole color lampone, tutto cambia. Bruco capirà che, nonostante indossi sempre un orologio per tenere il tempo sotto controllo, questo gli sta sfuggendo di mano. E grazie a Becca troverà la fiducia in se stesso che lo riporterà in vita. Un romanzo speciale e profondo, in cui i mondi di un ragazzo timido e di una ragazza che non c''è più si scontrano... e cambiano per sempre.

Picnics! Singing! Fireworks! It''s time to celebrate the best day of all--the Fourth of July! Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli and award-winning illustrator Larry Day join forces to celebrate America''s birthday, the Fourth of July. A responsible little boy who''s eager to do his part wakes up joyful and ready to celebrate his favorite day of all. But there''s a lot of work to do--pies to be baked, deviled eggs to be filled--and the boy has lots of jobs to complete before he can enjoy the fun . . . the world''s best picnic! Face painting! A band concert! And then, after what seems like the longest wait ever . . . he can kick back and enjoy the fireworks with the rest of the country. This delicious and spirited book celebrates small town America and is full of nostalgia for times gone by, yet absolutely of the moment.

After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee''s life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.

Peter Hatcher, a twelve-year-old boy, learns that his mother is going to have a baby and that the whole family will be moving to Princeton for a year. He is worried about starting sixth grade in a strange place and going to the same school as his younger brother, Fudge. But he is a lot more concerned about his new baby sister turning out to be just as big a nuisance as Fudge is now.

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 i

This Italian-American Newbery Medalist presents a humorous account of his childhood and youth in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

Will Tuppence''s life has always been ruled by science and common sense, but in ninth grade, shaken up by the discovery that protons decay, he begins to see the entire world differently and gains new perspective on his relationships with his little sister and two closest friends.