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Jerry Spinelli (born on February 1, 1941 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a noted children's author, specializing on novels written for and about early adolescence. Among his books are Milkweed, Space Station Seventh Grade, Maniac Magee (winner of the 1991 Newbery Medal), Wringer (1998 Newbery Honor book), Eggs and Stargirl.
Spinelli first decided he wanted to become a writer at the age of 16, when his high school football team won a big game.
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Jerry Spinelli (born on February 1, 1941 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a noted children's author, specializing on novels written for and about early adolescence. Among his books are Milkweed, Space Station Seventh Grade, Maniac Magee (winner of the 1991 Newbery Medal), Wringer (1998 Newbery Honor book), Eggs and Stargirl.
Spinelli first decided he wanted to become a writer at the age of 16, when his high school football team won a big game. He wrote a poem about this, and the next day the poem was published in the local newspaper.
When he began his professional writing career, Spinelli attempted to write four books for adults, rather than for children. These books were never published. The publishers to which he sent the books rejected them. His direction changed one night when one of his six children ate some fried chicken that he had been saving for the next day. Spinelli wrote about this event. Eventually, what he wrote turned into his first published novel, Space Station Seventh Grade. Spinelli originally intended Space Station Seventh Grade to be an adult novel as well, but since the protagonist is 13 years old, adult publishers rejected it and it became a children's book.
Mr. Spinelli is a 1963 graduate of Gettysburg College. He earned an MA from Johns Hopkins University in 1964, and in 1977 he married his wife Eileen Mesi and is the father of 6 children. From 1966 to 1972 he served in the United States Navy Reserve.
Jerry Spinelli is the author of more than a dozen books for young readers, including Maniac Magee, winner of the Newbery Medal; Wringer, a Newbery Honor Book; Crash; and Knots in My Yo-Yo String, his autobiography.
Jerry's first book for children was published when he was 41 years old. He still lives in Pennsylvania with his his wife, Eileen Spinelli, who is also an author of children's books.
The School Daze Series
There are only a few series Jerry Spinelli made, and School Daze is one of them.
- Report to the Principal's Office
- Who Ran My Underwear Up the Flagpole?
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