Jerry Spinelli Books In Order
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Space Station Seventh Grade | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jason and Marceline | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Fourth Grade Rats Books
Fourth Grade Rats | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Third Grade Angels | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Tooter Tale Books
Publication Order of Stargirl Books
Publication Order of School Daze Books
Report to the Principal's Office! | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Who Ran My Underwear up the Flagpole? | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Do the Funky Pickle | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Picklemania | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush? | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night of the Whale | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Maniac Magee | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bathwater Gang | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dump Days | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
There's a Girl in My Hammerlock | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bathwater Gang Gets Down to Business | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crash / The Mighty Crashman | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wringer | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Library Card | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Smiles to Go | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Loser | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Milkweed | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Eggs | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jake and Lily | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hokey Pokey | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Warden's Daughter | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dead Wednesday | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Picture Books
My Daddy and Me | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I Can Be Anything! | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mama Seeton's Whistle | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
My Fourth of July | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Knots in My Yo-Yo String | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stargirl Journal | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Today I Will | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of A Stepping Stone Book (TM) Books
Pioneer Cat | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tooter Pepperday | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man in the Iron Mask | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghost Horse | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Escape South | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Horn for Louis | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Picture for Marc | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Jungle Book | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Spotlight for Harry | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Honey Cake | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anna Maria's Gift | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
GoldieBlox Chapter Book #1 | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of A Stepping Stone Book (TM)Books
The Chalk Box Kid | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Next Spring an Oriole | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadow of the Wolf | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Honey Cake | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of A Stepping Stone Book(TM) Books
The Chalk Box Kid | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Next Spring an Oriole | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadow of the Wolf | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Miami Jackson Gets It Straight | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret of the Painted House | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Green Ghost | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Honey Cake | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Golden Ghost | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of A Stepping Stone Book(TM) Books
Gulliver's Travels | (1726) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Case of the Elevator Duck | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Barry: The Bravest Saint Bernard | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Frankenstein | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Knights of the Round Table | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Chalk Box Kid | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Next Spring an Oriole | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Silver | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Minstrel in the Tower | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pioneer Cat | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aliens for Breakfast | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Boy Who Ate Dog Biscuits | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Treasure Island | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hannah | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aliens for Lunch | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The War of the Worlds | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night of the Full Moon | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret Garden | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aliens For Dinner | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Three Musketeers | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Smasher | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadow of the Wolf | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blue Ribbon Blues | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Paint Brush Kid | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Prince and the Pauper | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fossil Fever | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Snake Camp | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wild Horses | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Miami Jackson Sees It Through | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Escape South | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Blue Ghost | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man in the Iron Mask | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swiss Family Robinson | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret of the Painted House | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mermaids | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Green Ghost | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Jungle Book | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Picture for Marc | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghost Horse | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Monsters | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Honey Cake ) | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Horn for Louis: Louis Armstrong - as a kid! | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alice in Wonderland | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Very Little Princess | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anna Maria's Gift | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Spotlight for Harry | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Golden Ghost | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Attack of the Shark-Headed Zombie | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Very Little Princess: Rose's Story | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Robin Hood: Bullseye Step into Classics | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stampede of the Supermarket Slugs | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tooter Pepperday | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Invasion of the Junkyard Hog | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Time to Be Brave | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
GoldieBlox Chapter Book #1 | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Goldie Blox and the Best! Pet! Ever! | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Goldie Blox and the Best Friend Fail! | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Goldie Blox and the Haunted Hacks! | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spinjitzu Brothers #4: The Chroma's Clutches | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tales from the Merged Realms | (2024) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
It's Fine to Be Nine | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Baseball Crazy | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Half-Minute Horrors | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jerry Spinelli is American author of literature and children fiction books famously known for his Stargirl series. Born in Norristown, Pennsylvania Spinelli wanted to grow up to be either a professional baseball player or a cowboy, but luckily for the reader’s community, he became an author.
Spinelli spent his childhood in rural Pennsylvania and attended Gettysburg College and later joined Hopkins University. He began writing at the age of sixteen and not too older than the main character of his story Maniac Magee. After his high school team won a competition, his classmates cheered for the friends across the street- except for Spinelli who ran home and wrote a poem about the victory. His poem was featured in a local newspaper, and since then Spinelli decided to become a novelist and forgot his childhood dreams of becoming a baseball player.
Since his debut book Space Station Seventh Grade, he has published more than twenty-five books. Most of his books tell the feelings and events from his childhood and also gets many ideas to put down in writing from his seven adorable kids. Spinelli lives in Pennsylvania with his wife who’s also a children’s book author.
Stargirl
The first book in Stargirl series introduces us to Stargirl Caraway, an enigma and the type of girl you would either hate or love without any room for emotions in between. When she first makes her appearances as a sophomore in a high school in the small town Mica, Arizona- she becomes the talk of the day and her name echoes throughout the hallways.
Is Stargirl a name? Was she homeschooled all these years as she claims or did she magically appear out of nowhere in Mica? How can Stargirl be so serene, calm, and eating alone in the lunchroom and then playing her ukulele as if alone?
Her astonishing beauty instantaneously strikes all the boys in the schools while the girls are both jealous of her beauty and also excited to have her in the school. However, for Leo Borklock, it is a mixture of excitement and fear that has him falling deeply in love with the strange Stargirl. Leo desires to see Stargirl on the Hot Seat, a local school television show that he runs with his good friend Kevin.
Stargirl’s schoolmates soon embrace her individuality, quirkiness, her exuberance, and enthusiasm for every that she does. She makes new friends, becomes a member of the cheerleading squad and in no time she’s famous.
However, her popularity comes with a price, and soon Stargirl finds herself rooting for the opposition but suddenly she’s not the popular girl anymore, and no one wants to hang around with her. The popularity she once enjoyed has been snubbed away, and the only person who wants to be around her is Leo the young boy who is head over heels in love with the enigmatic Stargirl. Luckily for Leo, Stargirl whole-heartedly loves him back.
However, soon Leo finds himself forced to make a life-changing decision- to choose the affection of Stargirl or that an entire school. When faced with this dilemma- one person versus many, Leo may not be brave enough to make a sound decision.
Jerry Spinelli has crafted a novel that goes directly to the core of wanting to fit in, straight to the heart of sometimes being too good to believe, the heart of love, life, heartbreak and the desire to be different and yet be like everyone else.
The story itself is fascinating. It explores issues around social conventions and how the issues impact our lives- negatively or positively. They all take place at a stage of life when children are more susceptible to peer pressure. Jerry Spinelli’s perceptions are engaging and thought-provoking. In the end, the story will make you want to change your ways to be a better person.
Love Stargirl
Love Stargirl is the second book in Jerry Spinelli’s series Stargirl, and it picks up right from where Stargirl the first book in the series left off. Stargirl has left Mica, Arizona and the most important thing in her life, her boyfriend, Leo. The farewell to Leo left a deep wound on her, so Stargirl kept thinking and wondering and sad all the time. Yes, that’s the impression for the beginning of this book, it’s moody.
Little by little Stargirl begins to find herself again but through unusual friendships. Dootsie, a six-year-old ‘crazy’ girl; Alvina the fierce girl; Betty Lou, who had never been out of the house for nine years with agoraphobia, and Charlie, who for four years after the death of his wife Grace, sat down every day faithfully at the side of the wife’s grave.
According to Charlie, the story of his life is the story of Charlie and Grace, whom he loved since they were six years old.
Throughout the story, you’ll increasingly love Stargirl’s parents, who provide the widest space for their only daughter to be herself. How many parents are willing to spend all the hours in their homes because their daughters consider life not to be limited by time? How many would want to sew a large tent from super thick cloth so that their daughter can celebrate the solstice? How many parents can wake up early every Thursday to take their daughter to stick a marker on the top of a dark hill?
The second book in the series offers a stunning glimpse at getting over first heartbreak and moving on and at the same time nurturing the hope that someday your paths will cross again and your love might work for the second time. Stargirl once again shows that being yourself, our true selves, without being influenced by anyone and is the most beautiful and most peaceful thing in the world. Love Stargirl is narrated from Stargirl’s point of view unlike the first book in the series told from Leo’s point of view, and through her narration, you get to understand things from her perspective, seems to be more human and less magical unlike what her schoolmates in Mica thought about her.
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