Palmer LaRue is running out of birthdays. For as long as hecan remember, he's dreaded the day he turns ten––the day he'll takehis place beside all the other ten-year-old boys in town, the dayhe'll be a wringer. But Palmer doesn't want to be a wringer. It'sone of the first things he learned about himself and it's one ofthe biggest things he has to hide. In Palmer's town being a wringeris an honor, a tradition passed down from father to son. Palmercan't stop himself from being a wringer just like he can't stophimself from growing one year older, just like he can't stand up toa whole town––right? Newbery Medal winner Jerry Spinelli's mostpowerful novel yet is a gripping tale of how one boy learns how notto be afraid.
【作者简介】
Jerry Spinelli is the author of Maniac Magee, winner of the1991 Newbery Medal, and Wringer, named a Newbery Honor book in1998. He went to Gettysburg College and John Hopkins University. Heand his wife, Eileen, also a writer of children's books, have sevenchildren. Jerry Spinelli's books are funny and true to life.Whenever students ask him where he gets his ideas, he replies,"From you. You're the funny ones." Spinelli enjoys writing aboutthe adventure in the typical experiences of children and youngpeople.
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