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Spinelli, Jerry

Hokey Pokey

287 pp. | Knopf | January, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-0-375-83198-0 $15.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-375-93198-7 $18.99
(4) 4-6 With landmarks including "Forbidden Hut" and "Gorilla Hill" (a mound of dirt), Hokey Pokey is a Neverland-like world peopled by children characterized as "Newbies," "Snotsippers," "Sillynillies," and "Gappergums." Spinelli's allegory of Childhood Lost can be alienating in its improvisatory nature, with stream-of-consciousness run-on sentences and made-up words. Some readers may thrill to the narrative style, just as others will find it impenetrable.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2013

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