- Conduct of life, Family life, Fiction, Friendship
Take a look behind the bully in this modern classic from Newbery medalist Jerry Spinelli that packs a punch. And don't miss the highly anticipated new novel, Dead Wednesday.
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Classical in form, contemporary, spare and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Jerry Spinelli
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 162
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books, Tandem Library, Scholastic
- Editions
- 19
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780439315937
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On Open Library, 17 have read it and 195 want to.
First sentence
“My real name is John.”
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