Jerry Spinelli
Jerry Spinelli is an American author whose novels capture the triumphs and indignities of middle school life with uncanny accuracy. Maniac Magee won the Newbery Medal and Stargirl became a cult classic for adolescent readers.
Works
- Maniac MageeOrphan boy runs away and unites warring neighborhoods through kindness
- StargirlNonconformist girl transforms cynical school through radical authenticity
- WringerBoy resists childhood rite of passage and questions toxic masculinity
- MilkweedBoy hides Jewish identity while living in Warsaw ghetto
- CrashFootball star confronts his bullying ways and finds redemption
- LoserMisfit boy finds unlikely friendship and inner worth