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because he was a genuine person not relying on others validate him. Spenilli writes very well about books dealing with peer pressure because maybe he dealt with it himself. In my opinion this book was the best ever. I compare this book written by Jerry Spenilli to another that I've read, Stargirl. This book teaches you to think for yourself, be yourself and make wise choices. As a teenager we sometimes wait on our friends to make us feel accepted but he didn't. I think that Mr.
I think that this book definitely should be taught and read in schools because young people deal with a lot of peer pressure. I could relate to Donald Zinkoff. I really enjoyed reading Stargirl. I really enjoyed the book also because it was written about a first grader who goes through some of the same things as a teenager. It is about a young lady who too deals with peer pressure but does not surrender to it. Some good and some bad. I think it should be read by young people of all ages.
Spenilli writes very well about books dealing with peer pressure because maybe he dealt with it himself. In my opinion this book was the best ever. As a teenager we sometimes wait on our friends to make us feel accepted but he didn't. I think that Mr. This book teaches you to think for yourself, be yourself and make wise choices. I really enjoyed the book also because it was written about a first grader who goes through some of the same things as a teenager.
I think that this book definitely should be taught and read in schools because young people deal with a lot of peer pressure. I could relate to Donald Zinkoff because he was a genuine person not relying on others validate him. I really enjoyed reading Stargirl. I compare this book written by Jerry Spenilli to another that I've read, Stargirl. It is about a young lady who too deals with peer pressure but does not surrender to it. Some good and some bad.
I think it should be read by young people of all ages.
From an Elementary Student in my class:There is this boy called Zinkoff and he goes to school. I think people should read this book because it's good. He hasn't seen Andrew Orwell in a long time.
When Zinkoff went to school kids picked on him. Andrew changed his name to Drew. Zinkoff goes to the zoo and buys a giraffe hat.
Zinkoff notices Andrew's face and didn't Andrew recognize Zinkoff. Kids grab Zinkoff's hat and a fifth grader comes out and grabs the hat out of the kid's hands and supposedly it was the fifth grader's hat and he dropped it. As Zinkoff grows up he gets into middle school and he makes new friends and he has a sister named Polly.
People pick on each other. It has long words and tough words.
This has got to be the worst book I have ever read. Makes you wonder how come his family never got him any special help because he so needed it. I say this because throughout the entire depressing book, you are waiting for it to turn around and for this kid to become a non loser, to make a friend, to have something good happen and it just DOESN'T happen. It has an unsatisfying ending without any resolution to his sad sap life. It is such an awful book with such an unpleasant abrupt ending that I will never take the chance on reading another Spinelli book ever. I want my money back and if I could recapture the hours of my life that I wasted on reading it, I would want that back too.
a friend preffered this book to me. jerry spinelli is my favorite author. in this book he uses his abilities like its a piece of cake. great book i recommend it to people who like storys about peoples live. 5 stars.
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