false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173372367m/278264.jpg 278264 18 Newbery Medal-winning author Jerry Spinelli tells a story of peer pressure so foul, so horrifying, that <I>Wringer</I> should be shelved along with Robert Cormier's <I>The Chocolate War</I>. Nine-year-old Palmer dreads his upcoming 10th birthday. In his town, when boys are 10 years old they become "wringers," the boys who wring the necks of wounded pigeons at the annual Pigeon Day shoot. Palmer is sickened by the whole event. To make matters worse, his new buddies--Beans, Mutto, and Henry--have just discovered that Palmer has been hiding a pet pigeon in his room. What will Palmer do? Will he become a wringer to save face, or will he follow his heart? <i>Wringer</i> will appeal to preteens and younger teens who love to read suspenseful books on their own, but it would also be a good story to read aloud to spark discussion about the perils and nuances of peer pressure. 269883 book 1997 Wringer (Summer Reading Edition) total:1537|5:336|4:463|3:473|2:197|1:68| 1537 5413 1933 229 3 1 false true Sun Sep 21 20:10:16 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 11:55:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Wed Mar 04 21:21:45 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 21:28:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 17:45:01 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 18:01:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 31 16:05:48 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 16:10:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Feb 21 22:10:12 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 22:11:42 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 07 13:30:23 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 13:30:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 10:04:36 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 10:24:12 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Oct 20 19:20:16 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 19:27:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jun 08 11:47:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 12:02:22 -0700 2009 Wringer was an interestingly weird reading. Palmer, a normal well-mannered boy, feels this intense feeling of want and need of exeptence from fellow neighbor boys. The boys were gruesome. They were not good to Palmer until his 9th birthday party; he was too young before to be accepted. Palmer ho...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 16:56:50 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 17:11:48 -0700 2009
The connection you make w...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Nov 02 18:47:09 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 17:40:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 18 18:42:19 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 19:42:29 -0700 2009 By Jerry Spinelli
228 Pages $2.99
New York, New York
Copyright ©1997 by Jerry Spinelli
ISBN 0-06-440578-8

Poor Palmer, a confused boy who doesn't know how to stand up for himself and do things that he truly wants without being forced with pee...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jun 16 10:37:28 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 10:52:31 -0700 2009 "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli. This is one of my favorite books because it is by one of my favorite authors. Also, it taught me a lot of things. It taught me the definition of a wringer was. A wringer is someone that breaks animals neck. In this case the boy had a job to wring ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 11:11:54 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 29 19:45:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 13 17:09:10 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 17:13:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Nov 14 10:54:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 10:58:00 -0800 2008

but i picked it up


this town always has an event evey year and they wring birds

plus you have to be a certain age but he was this age now he didnt like the idea of wringing a bird
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Palmer is terrified of his tenth birthday. The fateful day...more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 08:17:53 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 08:57:48 -0700 2009
I really enjoyed the first half of this book. The second half was not as fulfilling, and I didn't like the endi...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=278264