By: Meredith Ross, Sean O’Donnell, and Shreyas Ravinshanker
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By: Meredith Ross, Sean O’Donnell, and Shreyas
Ravinshanker
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• Born in Norristown PA
• February, first 1941
• Parents- Louis Anthony Spinelli and Lorna Mae Biegler
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• Jerry went to Hartranft Elementary in Norristown
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• Originally, Jerry wanted to be come a baseball player
• Jerry got an interest in writing in eleventh grade
• Jerry wrote a poem about football
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•Went to Gettysburg College in Pittsburgh and John Hopkins University
•Went to become a writer•Wrote for a magazine
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• Has 6 kids named Kevin, Jeff, Ben, Sean, Molly, and Barbra
• Wifes name is Eileen • Has 15 grandchildren
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• His first published book is “Seventh Grade Space Station”
• His first book was published in 1989
• Jerry has written 24 books• Jerry started to write at Bootcamp
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• Manic Magee• Stargirl• Loser• Eggs• Wringler• Knots in my yo-yo
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• Stargirl is about a girl who is new and very different from the others, and falls in love with the main character, Leo
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• Love, Stargirl is an edition to Stargirl and is about Leo and Stargirls Troubles after she moves
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• Wringer is about a boy who does not want to become a wringer (person who shoots pidgins) in fact he even has a pidgin of his own
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Maniac Magee is about a boy whose parents die and his experiences in the east and west side of town
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• Newberry award for “Maniac Magee”
• Newberry award for “Wringer”
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• Jerry got his writing ideas from his children
• He normally works on the second floor of his house in the office
• Jerry did not like to write till he was 16
• Jerry started to write at bootcamp