Джерри Спинелли – лучшие книги

В жизни шестнадцатилетнего Лео Борлока не было ничего интересного, пока он не встретил в школьной столовой новенькую. Девчонка оказалась со странностями. Она называет себя Старгерл, носит причудливые наряды, играет на гавайской гитаре, смеется, когда никто не шутит, танцует без музыки и повсюду таскает в сумке ручную крысу. Лео оказался в безвыходной ситуации — эта необычная девчонка перевернет с ног на голову его ничем не примечательную жизнь и создаст кучу проблем. Конечно же, он не собирался с ней дружить. Но разве его кто-то спрашивал? Старгерл выбирает друзей сама.

В тот день, когда в обычной старшей школе появилась Старгерл, жизнь шестнадцатилетнего Лео изменилась навсегда. Он уже не мог не думать об этой удивительной девушке. Она носила причудливые наряды, играла на гавайской гитаре, смеялась, когда никто не шутил, танцевала без музыки и повсюду таскала с собой ручную крысу. Старгерл считали странной, ей восхищались, ее ненавидели. Но, неожиданно ворвавшись в жизнь Лео, она так же внезапно исчезла.

Сможет ли Лео когда-нибудь встретить ее и узнать, почему она пропала? Возможно, лучше услышать об этой истории от самой Старгерл?

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.

Just like other kids, Zinkoff rides his bike, hopes for snow days, and wants to be like his dad when he grows up. But Zinkoff also raises his hand with all the wrong answers, trips over his own feet, and falls down with laughter over a word like "Jabip."

Other kids have their own word to describe him, but Zinkoff is too busy to hear it. He doesn't know he's not like everyone else. And one winter night, Zinkoff's differences show that any name can someday become "hero."

With some of his finest writing to date and great wit and humor, Jerry Spinelli creates a story about a boy's individuality surpassing the need to fit in and the genuine importance of failure. As readers follow Zinkoff from first through sixth grade, it becomes impossible not to identify with and root for him through failures and triumphs.

The perfect classroom read.

Maniac Magee

This exuberant book offers up everything from a paper plane folder to a puppy dog holder, from a silly joke teller to a snowball smoother.

Newbery-Award winning author Jerry Spinelli's simple and charming rhymes are accompanied by internationally-renowned illustrator Jimmy Liao's vibrant and fantastical illustrations. This book is an imaginative joyride about hopes and dreams, and a reminder of all the possibilities life has to offer. So, what do you want to be? Remember--you can be anything!

He’s a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Runt. Happy. Fast. Filthy son of Abraham.

He’s a boy who lives in the streets of Warsaw. He’s a boy who steals food for himself and the other orphans. He’s a boy who believes in bread, and mothers, and angels. He’s a boy who wants to be a Nazi some day, with tall shiny jackboots and a gleaming Eagle hat of his own. Until the day that suddenly makes him change his mind. And when the trains come to empty the Jews from the ghetto of the damned, he’s a boy who realizes it’s safest of all to be nobody.

Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli takes us to one of the most devastating settings imaginable—Nazi-occupied Warsaw of World War II—and tells a tale of heartbreak, hope, and survival through the bright eyes of a young orphan.


From the Hardcover edition.

From Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli (Maniac Magee, Stargirl) comes the "moving and memorable" (Kirkus Reviews, starred) story of a girl searching for happiness inside the walls of a prison.

Cammie O'Reilly lives at the Hancock County Prison--not as a prisoner, she's the warden's daughter. She spends the mornings hanging out with shoplifters and reformed arsonists in the women's excercise yard, which gives Cammie a certain cache with her school friends.

But even though Cammie's free to leave the prison, she's still stuck. And sad, and really mad. Her mother died saving her from harm when she was just a baby. You wouldn't think you could miss something you never had, but on the eve of her thirteenth birthday, the thing Cammie most wants is a mom. A prison might not be the best place to search for a mother, but Cammie is determined and she's willing to work with what she's got.

"Jerry Spinelli again proves why he's the king of storytellers" (Shelf Awarenss, starred) in this tale of a girl who learns that heroes can come in surprising disguises, and that even if we don't always get what we want, sometimes we really do get what we need.

Praise for the works of Jerry Spinelli:

“Spinelli is a poet of the prepubescent. . . . No writer guides his young characters, and his readers, past these pitfalls and challenges and toward their futures with more compassion.” —The New York Times

“It's almost unreal how much the children's book still resonates.” —Bustle.com on Maniac Magee

Meet Crash Coogan. Crash seems to be all brawn and no brains, but he will need more than mere muscles to face the upcoming challenges in his life. Now available in paperback, Award-winner Jerry Spinelli has created a hilarious, poignant story of a cocky seventh-grade super-jock.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Hokey Pokey

Perche e cosi che si fa, devi prendere le parti del tuo amico per la pelle.
Donald e un ragazzino come tanti, pero alza la mano di continuo anche se non sa mai la risposta, inciampa nei propri piedi, ride a crepapelle per ogni sciocchezza, ё convinto che il prossimo sia sempre pieno di buone intenzioni. Cosi non ci vuole molto perche gli altri ragazzi lo escludano e gli affibbino un soprannome crudele.
Ma un giorno anche una schiappa potrebbe diventare qualcosa di diverso... perfino un eroe.