Eggs (2007)

This book was as good as any Jerry Spinelli as far as the writing goes. The thing I couldn't take was the unbearable sourness and childishness of the two main characters and the lack of strong adult characters anywhere. I was longing for at least one strong adult in this fiasco, and all I got was an endless progression of guideless bad decisions. Good book for the writing, but the story was only so so. ( )

Eggs is the story about two people of different ages who meet and develop this love, Hate relationship from the very start. The boy had lost his mother many years ago and this had created a tragic back story throughout his life. The girl things her mother is crazy and she tries to avoid her mom by moving into a car parked in front of the yard. This story creates a whole new kind of friendship that not many books have been able to create in a story. This book is a really good one that I have read and think that its way of developing a need to continue reading and see where their friendship leads to in all kinds of adventures. As the story progresses it begins giving things that make want to question things that discovered. Another friend of their's is refrigerator John who buys and sells things as a living and he creates another need side of story. This is also added with the boy's strange attitude towards his grandma who he must live with since his dad always as work. These things and more are in store for anyone who likes to read books with mystery, adventure , and a lot of other things that show up along the way.

Okay. Not one of Spinelli's best. ( )

My 11 year old handed it to me and asked me to read it. It made us both cry. ( )

A solid YA realistic fiction read. My first Spinelli, but not my last. Some great word play. Point out to both sensitive boys and girls. ( )