Jerry Spinelli’s Crash is a book about change. The main character‚ Crash (his real name is John Coogan but everyone calls him Crash) changes from a bully to a nice person. Crash was under influence from a bully named Mike Deluca. Another character‚ Penn Webb‚ helps him turn into a nice person. The theme of this book is do not judge a book by its cover. Crash was a bully in many ways‚ so was Mike. For example‚ in the beginning of the story when both Crash and Penn were in first grade‚ Crash knows
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Dear‚ Mr. Spinelli Hi! My name is Sayantika Sarkar. I go to school at Iselin Middle School. For my summer reading project I had to read the book Smiles to Go‚ it was phenomenal. Smiles to Go just states that life cannot be planned; you have to wait and see what life throws at you. I love how the book is just about a normal person’s everyday life but still its unique. What inspired you to write Smiles to Go? Is the story of Smiles to Go based on your actual life? Did you make up the stuff about
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people. This was one of the deadliest genocides in the world. Its horrifying stories are still told today through the books like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas‚ Yellow Star‚ and much more. Similarly‚ Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli is another novel that keeps history alive to make sure the children of today understand their ancestors and cruelties of the past. Spinelli wrote an abundant amount of books and won the Golden Kite Award for Milkweed. Milkweed is a Young Adult‚ historical fiction book which
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In the book‚ Maniac Magee‚ Jerry Spinelli uses descriptive details‚ dialogue‚ actions‚ and thoughts‚ to develop one of the main characters‚ Maniac Magee. In the book‚ Jerry Spinelli described Maniac as a myth or legend. For instance‚ the book stated “ I heard about it‚” said another‚ “ but I didn’t believe it.”It wasn’t a trick. It was true. The kid was running on the rail.” Notably‚ this told us about how Maniac was a legend around town. This explained why everybody acted like Maniac was not real
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Milkweed Jerry Spinelli May 3rd‚ 2011 Jerry Spinelli (born February 1‚ 1941 in Norristown‚ Pennsylvania) is a noted children’s author‚ specializing on novels written for and about early adolescence
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In the book Maniac Magee‚ Jerry Spinelli‚ the author helps us to understand many important life lessons that mostly deal with racism and the importance of friends and family. Jerry also shows us that Maniac is patient‚ determined‚ and he really wants to be loved and understood. This book takes place in the late 1900s in Pennsylvania. It specifically takes place in West End‚ East End‚ and Two Mills. The main character is Maniac Magee‚ but he is known as Jeffery Magee in the beginning. Some minor
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Power symbolized In the book milkweed‚ Jerry Spinelli uses symbolism do to describe a needs of a character and how they learn from their experiences. Misha lived in Warsaw Poland during World War ll . Misha uses looks when describing power he comes across. Boots was a symbol of power in the concept of looks. Misha learns throughout the story that looks are deceiving when it came to meeting powerful people. Nerveless‚ Misha assummed the leader of the jackboots would look all powerfull
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Moreover the time period affects why the story was written because Spinelli might have deep thoughts about the time and Spinelli used it in the sense that we already know some about that time. I think the author incorporates imagery through Stoptheif’s dreams. For example on page 1‚" I am running. The first thing I remember. Running. I carry something‚ my arm curled around it‚ hugging it to my chest. Bread‚ of course."(Spinelli 1) Therefore‚ I better understand the story because I can see in my
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The author Jerry Spinelli developed Amanda Beale to be a very understanding person in the book Maniac Magee. Amanda is very understanding throughout the book‚ In the beginning of the book‚ Amanda was clearly revealed as understanding because she knew that Maniac wanted to borrow one of her books. Even though they were her only books and she hardly knew him‚ she knew that he was a person she could trust. Also‚ the fact that he looked like a hobo may have alarmed her but‚ she knew that he could be
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Elliptical Accident In the book “Knots in my Yo-Yo String” they were knots in Jerry Spinelli’s yo-yo string. Jerry Spinelli was the author of “Knots in my Yo-Yo String.”When Jerry came home from school there were a lot of knots in his yo-yo. What that means is that the yo-yo string is his life and the knots in the yo-yo represent the problems in his life. He must be having problems at home because he said he came home to knots in his yo-yo string. My knot took me some time to recover from. The knot
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