New Releases by Jerry Spinelli

A charming rural romp chapter book from Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli. And don''t miss the author''s highly anticipated new middle grade novel, Dead Wednesday! The Pepperday family is moving to Aunt Sally’s farm. Mr. Pepperday, Mrs. Pepperday, and Chuckie Pepperday are happy as hogs in slop. But Tooter Pepperday is not. There’s no cable TV, no playground, and she’s gone three days without pizza! What does a girl have to do to show her family she’ll never get used to life on the farm?

A student journal accessing literature to be used in conjunction with the specific novel, Maniac Magee

Four friends discover ways to fit in at school during the football season.

Certain that the new dance he has learned will finally win Sunny''s heart, Eddie performs the Funky Pickle at school and finds himself attracting Angelpuss, a female classmate with orange spiked hair and a nose ring. Original.

On the first morning of the first day of their summer vacation, J.D. Kidd and his best friend resolve to have an absolutely perfect day before the summer ends.

Four completely different students at Plumstead Middle School have one thing in common. They are all about to report to the principal''s office.

The sibling rivalry between twelve-year-old Megin and her older brother Greg intensifies after she ruins his science project and he retaliates by throwing her favorite hockey stick into the pond.

For use in schools and libraries only. Seventh-grader Jason narrates the events of his year, from school, hair, and pimples, to mothers, little brothers, and a girl.

After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee''s life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.