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Jerry Spinelli - Wringer

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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.
 

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Wringer: Stand Up for Your Convictions

Date of Review:  Aug 11, 2001
The Bottom Line: Appeals to a hard-to-reach audience, so well worth the read!
Review: Palmer laRue had the misfortune to be born in Waymer, a town whose Family Fest ends with a barbaric tradition. Thousands of pigeons are gathered or purchased, only to be released and shot on Pigeon Day. Men of the town compete for the Sharpshooter's...
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Date of Review:  Jun 25, 2000
Review: When Palmer LaRue turns 9 years old, he is thrilled to realize that he has been "accepted" into the gang of neighborhood boys he's idolized for some time. Beans, Mutto, and Henry come to his party, bring him really gross gag gifts, and make sure he...
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Wringer-one person can make a difference

Date of Review:  Nov 5, 2000
Review: A young boy caught in a dangerous situation. He lives in the wrong town and has the wrong friends. ?Wringer? is a compelling story about a town who despises pigeons. But at the same time, in that town, lives a young boy who doesn?t have the hatred...
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Authors Jerry Spinelli
Fiction Genre Juvenile Fiction • Nature
Fiction Subgenre Unknown
Awards 1998 Newbery Medal

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  San Francisco Chronicle Book Review: "'Wringer' has some grim passages describing the slaughter of the pigeons, and some rather stock characterizations, but this is a well-plotted, readable story. Spinelli's message is a hopeful one--even a 10-year-old child can make the right choice and turn away from cruelty and violence."

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  Format: Hardcover - Prebinding
Publisher: Bt Bound (September 01, 2004)
Measurements: 7"(h) x 4.25"(w) x 1"(d), 0.45 lbs.
ISBN: 9781417701650

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  WAYMER--Hundreds of sharpshooters in and around this rural community are cleaning their shotguns as they look forward to Saturday's 63rd annual Pigeon Day. Beginning at around 8 a.m., participants who have paid a fee will each have the chance to shoot at ten to twenty pigeons as they are released from boxes.
 

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