Hokey Pokey, Jerry Spinelli
Hokey Pokey, Jerry Spinelli
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Hokey Pokey

Author: Jerry Spinelli

Narrator: Maxwell Glick, Tara Sands

Unabridged: 5 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/08/2013


Synopsis

Welcome to Hokey Pokey. A place and a time, when childhood is at its best: games to play, bikes to ride, experiences to be had. There are no adults in Hokey Pokey, just kids, and the laws governing Hokey Pokey are simple and finite. But when one of the biggest kids, Jack, has his beloved bike stolen—and by a girl, no less—his entire world, and the world of Hokey Pokey, turns to chaos. Without his bike, Jack feels like everything has started to go wrong. He feels different, not like himself, and he knows something is about to change. And even more troubling he alone hears a faint train whistle. But that's impossible: every kid knows there no trains in Hokey Pokey, only tracks.

Master storyteller Jerry Spinelli has written a dizzingly inventive fable of growing up and letting go, of leaving childhood and its imagination play behind for the more dazzling adventures of adolescence, and of learning to accept not only the sunny part of day, but the unwelcome arrival of night, as well.

About The Author

JERRY SPINELLI is the author of many novels for young readers, including Dead WednesdayThe Warden's Daughter; StargirlLove, StargirlMilkweedCrashWringer; and Maniac Magee, winner of the Newbery Medal; along with Knots in My Yo-Yo String, the autobiography of his childhood. A graduate of Gettysburg College, he lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, poet and author Eileen Spinelli.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Betsy on January 13, 2013

And yeah, there are spoilers lurking in here. You have been warned. Not a Jerry Spinelli fan over here. Nope. Some authors you love, some authors you loathe, and some you feel zip, zero, zilch feelings towards whatsoever. That was me and the Spinelli man. Maniac Magee? Nice enough book that did nothi......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on March 14, 2013

Who the hell is this book for? School age readers of experimental fiction? Those who would like Irvine Welsh to write a childrens book? Someone who would like to read a coming of age story while eating a bunch of mushrooms? One extra star is given for some interesting turns of phrase, otherwise UGH.......more

Goodreads review by Carol on February 08, 2013

When you pick this book up expect to be baffled for the first several chapters. You will not understand it. Period. But persist. Keep reading and story lines will start to become clear and you will then not want to stop because you will want to know what happens with Jack, his Amigos, Dusty and LaJo......more

Goodreads review by Monica on November 28, 2012

Also at my blog. The border year for me was 6th grade. The idea of adulthood was anathema, but it was coming. Ten going on eleven, I veered back and forth, sometimes playing longstanding fantasy games with my younger sister and other times meanly and harshly dismissing them and her. One day I was hap......more

Goodreads review by KWinks on January 07, 2013

Still digesting this one. What can I say? My main concern throughout reading it was whether or not this would appeal to kids, and I can't seem to come up with an answer. The first chapter confused the heck out of me, and I continued to read because I feel like I am supposed to like Jerry Spinelli. O......more


Quotes

Starred Review, School Library Journal, January 1, 2013:
“This unforgettable coming-of-age story will resonate with tween readers and take its rightful place beside the author’s Maniac Magee and Louis Sachar’s Holes.”

Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, December 1, 2012:
“A masterful, bittersweet recognition of coming-of-age.”


Awards

  • CBC Awards & Honors
  • Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year