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Wringer (Trophy Newbery) Paperback - 2018
by Spinelli, Jerry
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
A boy's tenth birthday marks an event he would rather ignore: the day that he is ready to take his place as a "wringer" at the annual family fest, Pigeon Day. When an unwanted visitor--in the form of a trusting pigeon--arrives on his window sill, the boy realizes that it is a sign to stand up for what he believes.
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Details
- Title Wringer (Trophy Newbery)
- Author Spinelli, Jerry
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins, New York, New York
- Date 2018-05-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0064405788-3-19145047
- ISBN 9780064405782 / 0064405788
- Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 7.69 x 5.22 x 0.59 in (19.53 x 13.26 x 1.50 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 690
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Themes
- Catalog Heading: Classics
- Curriculum Strand: Language Arts/Literature
- Theometrics: Secular
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Coming of age, Fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96037897
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
First line
From the rear cover
Palmer LaRue is running out of birthdays. For as long as he can remember, he's dreaded the day he turns ten -- the day he'll take his place beside all the other ten-year-old boys in town, the day he'll be a wringer. But Palmer doesn't want to be a wringer. It's one of the first things he learned about himself and it's one of the biggest things he has to hide. In Palmer's town being a wringer is an honor, a tradition passed down from father to son. Palmer can't stop himself from being a wringer just like he can't stop himself from growing one year older, just like he can't stand up to a whole town -- right? Newbery Medal winner Jerry Spinelli's most powerful novel yet is a gripping tale of how one boy learns how not to be afraid.
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Citations
- School Library Journal, 01/01/2000, Page 0