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Spinelli, Jerry

Loser

218 pp. | HarperCollins/Cotler | May, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-06-000193-3 $$15.99 | Library ISBN 0-06-000483-5 $$15.89
(2) 4-6 The present-tense, omniscient narrative shows how an exuberantly eccentric boy can suddenly be labeled a loser by judgmental fourth-grade classmates. Donald Zinkoff, the latest of Spinelli's larger-than-life protagonists, is featured in a novel that's elemental in focus yet mythic in tone. Though the story sometimes lacks subtlety, it's a wonderful character study of a likable--even lovable--kid.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2002

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