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Jerry Spinelli was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania on February 1, 1941. He received a bachelor's degree from Gettysburg College and a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University. He worked as an editor with Chilton from 1966 to 1989. He launched his career in children's literature with Space Station 7th Grade in 1982. He has written over 30 books including The Bathwater Gang, Picklemania, Stargirl, Milkweed, and Mama Seeton's Whistle. In 1991, he won the Newbery Award for Maniac Magee. In 1998, Wringer was named a Newbery Honor book. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Stargirl… (more)
Stargirl 9,894 copies, 366 reviews
Maniac Magee 8,707 copies, 232 reviews
Loser 3,648 copies, 73 reviews
Wringer 3,322 copies, 56 reviews
Milkweed 2,808 copies, 81 reviews
Crash 2,332 copies, 69 reviews
Love, Stargirl 2,275 copies, 101 reviews
Fourth Grade Rats 2,036 copies, 18 reviews
The Library Card 2,032 copies, 24 reviews
Eggs 1,489 copies, 51 reviews
Smiles to Go 1,288 copies, 31 reviews
Knots in My Yo-Yo String 1,066 copies, 21 reviews
Report to the Principal's Office 895 copies, 13 reviews
Third Grade Angels 816 copies, 16 reviews
Do the Funky Pickle 563 copies, 5 reviews
There's a Girl in My Hammerlock 486 copies, 4 reviews
Jake and Lily 475 copies, 11 reviews
Picklemania! 335 copies, 2 reviews
Hokey Pokey 329 copies, 21 reviews
Space Station Seventh Grade 311 copies, 6 reviews
The Warden's Daughter 283 copies, 7 reviews
I Can Be Anything! 262 copies, 16 reviews
Tooter Pepperday 137 copies
Jason and Marceline 133 copies, 4 reviews
Dump Days 93 copies, 2 reviews
Stargirl Journal 88 copies, 8 reviews
The Bathwater Gang 87 copies, 2 reviews
Dead Wednesday 60 copies, 3 reviews
My Daddy and Me 57 copies, 4 reviews
Mama Seeton's Whistle 45 copies, 4 reviews
Night of the Whale 7 copies, 1 review
Mongoose [novelette] (Author) 1 copy
Guys Write for Guys Read (Contributor) 744 copies, 13 reviews
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out (Contributor) 323 copies, 7 reviews
Half-Minute Horrors (Contributor) 265 copies, 21 reviews
It's Fine To Be Nine (Contributor) 112 copies
Connections (Contributor) 43 copies, 1 review
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