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Wringer

Jerry Spinelli

1999223 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1999
first published
  • 1997Joanna Cotler Books an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers · 228 pages · ENGISBN 9780060249144
  • 1998Scholastic Inc. · 228 pages · ENGISBN 9780590037105
  • 1998Joanna Cotler Books/HarperTrophy · 228 pages · ENGISBN 9780062228710
  • 1998HarperTrophy · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9780060739485
  • 1999Collins · 228 pages · ENGISBN 9780006754176
  • 2000Thorndike Press · 223 pages · ENGISBN 9780786227747
  • 1998HarperTrophy · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9780064405782
  • 2004HarperTeen · 227 pages · ENGISBN 9780060592820
NostalgicWhimsicalStandard read

As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it.

How it feels

MoodPlayful

Worth knowing

Written forMiddle grade

When and where

ThemesComing of age
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