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Books : Smiles to GoIn association with Amazon.comby: Jerry Spinelli  List Price: $16.99 Amazon.com's Price: $11.55 You Save: $5.44 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverEAN: 9780060281335 ISBN: 0060281332 Label: HarperCollins Manufacturer: HarperCollins Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: May 01, 2008 Publisher: HarperCollins Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Release Date: April 29, 2008 Studio: HarperCollins Sales Rank: 13937 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: What is stargazer, skateboarder, chess champ, pepperoni pizza eater, older brother, sister hater, best friend, first kisser, science geek, control freak Will Tuppence so afraid of in this great big universe? Jerry Spinelli knows. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Smiles To GoAfter my 4th grade teacher read Maniac Magee aloud to my classmates and me, I remember telling people for years to come that it was my favorite book. It wasn't until I rediscovered it in a `children's literature' class in college that I came to truly appreciate how great the book was and how incredible of a storyteller Jerry Spinelli is. Books like Maniac Magee, Wringer, Loser, and Crash have made him one of the most recognizable names in children's literature, and deservingly so. With his most recent ... Read More Rating: - A Teacher's PerspectiveIn this Contemporary Realistic Fiction piece, Spinelli spins a tale that winds through a young boy's first experience with love, including a complete preoccupation with the object of his affection to the point of neglecting his chess game, to his relationship with a much younger sister and ongoing competition with his best friend. The main character, Will Tuppence, struggles with fear and jealousy as he experiences two main types of conflict, person against person, and person against self. ... Read More Rating: - Once again, Newbery Medal winner Jerry Spinelli shows why he is such an accomplished and acclaimed author.When high school freshman Will Tuppence was five or six years old, he learned from a science-savvy neighbor that protons are "unsmashable" and last forever. Since that revelation, Will has been obsessed with astrology and believes that, because he is made up of zillions of protons, he, too, is unsmashable. But on Saturday, September 26th at 10:15, Will's world changes after he hears a report of a telltale flash that signals the death of a proton. Since that day, his calendar begins with PD1 ... Read More Rating: - Spinelli Does it Again"For I have promises to keep," B.T. recites in Jerry Spinelli's new teen offering, "And smiles to go before I weep / And smiles to go before I weep." Although Will Tuppence's close friend B.T. is more prepared than usual for his recitation in English class, something is not quite right (although it is prescient) about his recitation of Robert Frost's Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening, just like nothing is quite right in Will Tuppence's life. For one, the rock hard foundation of his (and ... Read More Rating: - Growing up is Hard.Will Tuppence your typical freshman until he finds out that protons can die. This changes his whole outlook on things. He has to deal with the fact that his little sister keeps pestering him as he trie to train for the upcoming chess tournament. Also he saw his best friends Mi-Su and BT kissing and wonders why he hasnt tried to kiss Mi-Su yet and will he get the chance to. Also BT has just rode a skateboard down Dead Mans Hill, how can he do anything to match that. A funny and entertaining look at the struggles ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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