

Smiles to Go
Author: Jerry Spinelli
Narrator: Conor Donovan
Unabridged: 4 hr 29 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 04/29/2008
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes
Author: Jerry Spinelli
Narrator: Conor Donovan
Unabridged: 4 hr 29 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 04/29/2008
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes
Jerry Spinelli received the Newbery Medal for Maniac Magee and a Newbery Honor for Wringer. His other books include Stargirl; Love, Stargirl; Smiles to Go; Loser; Jake and Lily; Hokey Pokey; and The Warden’s Daughter. His novels are recognized for their humor and poignancy, and his characters and situations are often drawn from his real-life experience as a father of six children. Jerry lives with his wife, Eileen, also a writer, in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
"And smiles to go before I weep, And Smiles to go before I weep." —BT, Smiles to Go, P. 44 "I feel like I'm playing chess underwater. The pieces keep floating away. I don't know where things are. I can't figure out tomorrow." —Will Tuppence, Smiles to Go, P. 140 Simply put, Jerry Spinelli never miss......more
It all starts with the death of one proton. Who knew? I enjoyed it, but it wasn't what I was hoping for, which was more of what I saw with his 'Stargirl' books. It's a sweet story with a tidy ending. A good representation of what the young adult book should be. And I learned the meaning of 'solipsism......more
Usually i don't read Jerry Spinelli's books because i think they are childish, but Smiles to go proved me wrong. The author kind of make the beginning of the book so uninteresting, but then it starts to pick up. But other than that, the book is pretty all right. In the beginning of the book, it talk......more