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Jerry Spinelli (born February 1, 1941) [1] is an American writer of children's novels that feature adolescence and early adulthood. His novels include Maniac Magee , [ 2 ] Stargirl , and Wringer . Biography
Maniac Magee is a novel written by American author Jerry Spinelli and published in 1990. Exploring themes of racism and inequality, it follows the story of an orphan boy looking for a home in the fictional town of Two Mills. Two Mills is harshly segregated between the East and West, blacks and whites.
Paul Fleischman won the Newbery Medal in 1989, two years after his father Sid Fleischman won it. Lois Lowry won two Newbery Medals four years apart. Jerry Spinelli is one of many authors to have been awarded both the Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor. Karen Cushman followed her 1995 Newbery Honor with a 1996 Newbery Medal.
Several writers have won more than one DCF Award: Beverly Cleary in 1958, 1966, and 1985; Mary Downing Hahn in 1988, 1996, and 2006; Jerry Spinelli and Kate DiCamillo and Alan Gratz twice each. Seven times from 1985 to 2005 (‡), and no others, the schoolchildren selected the winner of the annual Newbery Medal (dated one year earlier ...
[2] According to ALSC policy, the current year's Newbery Medal, Caldecott Medal, Belpré Medal, Sibert Medal, Geisel Award, and Batchelder Award books automatically are added to the Notable Children's Books list. ALA Notable Children's Videos (established 1973) is an annual list selected by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC ...
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From 1971 they have been called Honor Books and their authors have been awarded Newbery Honor citations. For biographies of cited writers see Category:Newbery Honor winners. The Medal was inaugurated in 1922. As few as zero and as many as eight runners-up have been named but from 1938 there have been one to five annual Honors.
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