Hokey Pokey

Jerry Spinelli

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Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)
15 April 2014

General fiction (Children's&YA)

Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli returns to middle-grade fiction with Hokey Pokey, now in paperback.

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.

By: Jerry Spinelli
Imprint: Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 194mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 258g
ISBN: 9780440420514
ISBN 10: 0440420512
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 15 April 2014
Recommended Age: From 10 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

JERRY SPINELLI is the author of many novels for young readers, includingDead Wednesday,The Warden's Daughter; Stargirl;Love, Stargirl;Milkweed;Crash;Wringer; andManiac Magee, winner of the Newbery Medal; along withKnots 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 for Hokey Pokey

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. From the Hardcover edition.