Jerry Spinelli (1941-) Biography - Awards, Honors, Writings, Sidelights - Personal, Addresses, Career, Member, Adaptations

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Born 1941, in Norristown, PA; Education: Gettsysburg College, A.B., 1963; Johns Hopkins University, M.A., 1964; attended Temple University, 1964. Hobbies and other interests: Tennis, country music, travel, pet rats.

Jerry Spinelli

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Chilton Company (magazine publishers), Radnor, PA, editor, 1966-89; writer. Military service: U.S. Naval Reserve, 1966-72.

Crash, Space Station Seventh Grade, Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush?, and Wringer were all adapted as audiobooks by Recorded Books; Maniac Magee was adapted as an audiobook by Pharoah Audiobooks and as a filmstrip by AIMS Media; Stargirl and Milkweed were adapted as audiobooks by Listening Library, 2004.

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Jerry Spinelli (1941-) - Awards, Honors

Boston Globe/Horn Book Award, 1990, Newbery Medal, American Library Association (ALA), and Carolyn Field Award, both 1991, and Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, Indian Paintbrush Award, Rhode Island Children's Book Award, Flicker Tale Award, Charlotte Award, Mark Twain Award, and Nevada Young Readers' Award, all 1992, and William Allen White Award, Pacific Northwest Award, Massachusetts…

Jerry Spinelli (1941-) - Writings

Space Station Seventh Grade, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1982. Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush?, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1984. Night of the Whale, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1985. Jason and Marceline, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1986. Dump Days, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1988. Maniac Magee, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1990. The Bathwater Gang, illustrated by Meredith Johnson, Little, Bro…

Jerry Spinelli (1941-) - Sidelights

Best known for his Newbery Award-winning book Maniac Magee, as well as for the novels Stargirl, There's a Girl in My Hammerlock, and Loser, Jerry Spinelli's written work is distinguished by his accurate and humorous depiction of adolescent life. Washington Post Book World contributor Deborah Churchman deemed Spinelli "a master of those embarrassing, gloppy, painful and suddenl…

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User Comments

about 1 year ago

GOOD JOB

12 months ago

Emmaleigh

Spinelli is such a great author, I do all my book reports on his books. He needs to keep writing so i dont run out of books! =]

5 months ago

kelly simpson

please answer these questions for me i can not find them! and if you only havce one thats fine but put the number and then the answer.... thank you so much!

1.what kind of books did jerry read when he was little?

2.how old was jerry when he started writing,what event happened when jerry was a teenager that ispired him to begin writing?

3.as a kid what 2 things did jerry want to be?

4.from 1966-1672 what branch of the united states military did jerry serve in?

5. whats jerrys favorite sport?

6. name 3 otger languages jerrys books have been published in.

7. name 2 things jerry enjoys doing.

6 months ago

daniella

is he planning to write anymore books. i wonder if he sees this comments because i am doing a report on him lets see if he could help me?

about 1 year ago

i love spinnelli so much i can marry him

3 months ago

no help yall need serouis help loseer

3 months ago

larae powell