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Grades 5 - 8

Reading Level

Grade level Equivalent: 5.5

Lexile Measure®: 690L

DRA: 50

Guided Reading: U

Type of Book: Chapter Book

Genre

  • Realistic Fiction

Theme/Subject

  • Confronting and Resolving Fears
  • Family Life
  • Feelings and Emotions
  • Courage, Bravery, Heroism
  • Honor
  • Leadership and Responsibility
  • Friends and Friendship

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About This Book

For as long as Palmer LaRue can remember, he has dreaded the day he will turn ten and must take his place beside the other ten-year-old boys in town and become a wringer, a tradition passed down from father to son. From Newbery Medal winner Jerry Spinelli comes a gripping tale of how one boy learns how to overcome his fears.

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Jerry Spinelli's biography
Jerry Spinelli
Jerry Spinelli won the Newbery Medal for Maniac Magee, the sixth of his more than fifteen acclaimed books for young readers. Growing up, he wanted to be a shortstop in the majors long before it occurred to him to be a writer. Crash came out of his desire to include the beloved PennRelays of his home state of Pennsylvania in a book. And, of course, to show the world a little bit about athletes and what makes some of them tick.
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