- Families, Family, Elementary schools, Juvenile fiction
From renowned Newbery-winning author Jerry Spinelli comes a powerful story about how not fitting in just might lead to an incredible life. This classic book is perfect for fans of Gordon Korman and Carl Hiaasen.
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Spare, classical in form, contemporary and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Jerry Spinelli
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- FollettBound Platinum, Grupo Editorial Norma, Tandem Library
- Editions
- 23
- Language
- Spanish, Italian, English, French
- ISBN
- 9780060540746
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First sentence
“You grow up with a kid but you never really notice him.”
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