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Title: Wringer by Jerry Spinelli ISBN: 0-06-440578-8 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 August, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (166 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The Dreaded Tenth Birthday...
Comment: I was a bit hesitant when I started reading Wringer, by Jerry Spinelli. A book about killing pigeons in mass numbers wasn't exactly my idea of an enjoyable book...but I'm glad I decided otherwise.
I was introduced to an eight-year-old Palmer LaRue, a boy without any true friends. Palmer has a growing secret inside him he doesn't even consider telling anyone. Palmer is afraid of being a wringer when he turns ten. This occurs at the annual Family Fest. Pigeons are released and shot at; the wounded ones are what the 10-year-old wringers are for.
On his ninth birthday he's accepted into a group of boys (Beans, Mutto, and Henry, AKA the Beans Boys). Beans is the leader of the group and is quite a mean boy who enjoys tormenting people, especially Palmer's neighbor, Dorothy Gruzik. Beans calls Dorothy 'Fishface', and soon Beans' strong influence on Palmer causes him to call her 'Fishsface' as well. One night a pigeon tapping on Palmer's window causes him to wake up. Palmer doesn't realize it, but this little pigeon (whom Palmer names Nipper) is going to change his life forever. Palmer gets closer and closer to turning ten. As becoming a wringer at the Family Fest creeps up on him, Nipper's life is in danger, Palmer discovers who his friends really are, and he befriends someone he never imagined would impact his life.
I rated this book four stars because I absolutely loved it and highly recommend it. Palmer's strong belief in what he thought was right, even under peer pressure, was truly inspirational. The only thing that prevented me from rating the book five stars was the choice of ages for the characters. If they had been possibly several years older, their thoughts and actions would seem much more realistic, but other than that, this is a book you should look into.
Rating: 3
Summary: Katie From Richview Middle School
Comment: I chose this book because i heard it was really good. Plus it was A.R and had more than 200 pages. It is kind of a cool story, but kind of stupid. It was a little confusing to me. On the cover of the book there is a boy and he is standing in the dark and he looks wickedly evil. It has a pigeon's shadow, and if u read the book you'll understand the deal with teh pigeon.
The story starts out telling you about a boy who doesn't want to be a wringer. In his town they have an annual Pigeon Day. On this day the whole town goes to teh park and men shoot the pigeons, which are more than 5,000, and the boys teh age of ten run out on the field and get the pigeons. If they aren't dead,they wring their necks. Palmer larue is the main character. When teh book starts he is having his 9th birthday party. he invites a group of boys the doesn't reallly have anything to do with him. Their names are Beans, Mutto, and Henry. They show up at the party and make him part of their group. His name is Snots. Then, they take him to Farquar to get teh Treatment, hit in the arm however many times your age is. They become really good freinds and they get into all kinds of mischief. They torture Dorothy Gruzik, Palmer's neighbor, by standing in front of her,calling her names, and taking her stuff. One day Palmer comes home and he runs to his room and flops down on his bed. he looks over and sees a pigoen in his window. he opens th ewindow and teh pigoen walks in. He wonders what it was doing in his town, the town that hated pigoens. He decided he would keep it. Every morning he would be awaken by a nip on the ear, so he decided to call it Nipper. Palmer starts to change the way he acts. He asked his mom to stay out of his room, did his own laundry, and told his freinds he was busy when they wanted to do something. He knew he couldn't keep it a secret forever, so he tol dthe only person he knew he could trust, Dorothy Gruzik. They started to hangout everyday and became best friends. On Palmer's 10th birthday , the guys came over. They ate cae and then out of teh blue, Beans said "We knowabout your pigeon.", Palmer denied it. He said he hated pigeons, why would he keep one for a pet. Over the smmer the guys found out about the pigeon and kicked Palmer out of the group.
Rating: 5
Summary: A very good read, but highly misunderstood.
Comment: Some people say this book should be banned for the violence. That it's going to cause killing in neighbourhoods and such. But the entire point of the book is to prove that violence is disgusting. You can tell that Palmer DOES NOT CONDONE the violence to the pigeons. He is sickened by it. The book is ANTI-violent. Just because it has violence in it, doesn't mean that the author approves of it.
What counts is the theme of the book. Love, and friendship. The end proves that Love is more important than Violence. It shows you what happens to kids in every-day real life. Constant peer pressure. Hanging around with the wrong crowd. The obvious intolerance of the differences between Palmer and his friends. This book lets you know you aren't alone, and that you CAN decide for yourself. It's not important what other people think of you, because there is still friendship with the RIGHT people.
I think what the book is trying to say is: "Forget it. Be your own person."
I don't really like reading Juvenile Fiction, but this is a very rare and pleasant exception.
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Title: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli ISBN: 0316809063 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Crash by Jerry Spinelli ISBN: 0679885501 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 18 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: Loser by Jerry Spinelli ISBN: 0060540745 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Who Put that Hair in My Toothbrush? by Jerry Spinelli ISBN: 0316806870 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Stargirl by JERRY SPINELLI ISBN: 037582233X Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 14 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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