Wringer by Jerry Spinelli

Jerry Spinelli is a wonderful writer. I love most of his books. This wasn't my favorite, but it is still an excellent story with awards.


Wringer by Jerry Spinelli


My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Spinelli is always wonderful with creating preteen boy characters. Palmer is no different. Spinelli catches the reader from the first page and pulls him/her into Palmer's life.

I really enjoyed the first half of this book. The second half was not as fulfilling, and I didn't like the ending very much. I suppose you can't always have a true happy ending, but I couldn't understand why Palmer had to give up all of his friends. The very ending was too coincidental. I just couldn't quite believe it.

Overall, I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to 8-12 year old boys.

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