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by Jerry Spinelli (Author)
Now a seventh grader, Jason finds out the hard way just how different things are where ninth graders are the kings.
When you are entering the 7th grade there are a lot of things you have to think about: parents, friends, pimples, school, your body, girls, 9th graders. This is a funny and true novel about Jason Herkimer as he confronts all these things and emerges triumphant. This book gets it right about being a boy at the start of adolescence.
Author Biography
Jerry Spinelli is the author of many immensely popular books for young readers, including Eggs, Stargirl, Space Station Seventh Grade, Newbery Honor Book Wringer, Newbery Award winner Maniac Magee, and the picture books Mama Seeton's Whistle and I Can Be Anything! He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and fellow author, Eileen.