Order of Jerry Spinelli Books
Jerry Spinelli is a Newberry Award winning author who is best known for writing Maniac Magee and Stargirl. He writes children’s novels that focus on the period around adolescence and adulthood.
Spinelli got a great start in writing as when he was 16 his school’s football team got a huge victory. Instead of going out and celebrating, he went home and composed a poem about the game. His father liked it so much that he got it published in the local paper which helped to inspire him to become a writer in his future. He attended Gettysburg College where he wrote short stories and worked as editor for the college literary magazine. It took him a few years after graduation to get published as numerous adult novels he wrote were rejected, but his fifth novel was Space Station Seventh Grade and he became published in 1982.
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Publication Order of Space Station Seventh Grade Books
| Space Station Seventh Grade | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Jason and Marceline | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Fourth Grade Rats Books
| Fourth Grade Rats | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Third Grade Angels | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Tooter Tale Books
| Tooter Pepperday | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Blue Ribbon Blues | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Stargirl Books
| Stargirl | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Love, Stargirl | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of School Daze Books
| Report to the Principal's Office! | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Who Ran My Underwear up the Flagpole? | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Do the Funky Pickle | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Picklemania | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush? | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Night of the Whale | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Maniac Magee | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Bathwater Gang | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dump Days | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| There's a Girl in My Hammerlock | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Bathwater Gang Gets Down to Business | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Crash / The Mighty Crashman | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Wringer | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Library Card | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Smiles to Go | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Loser | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Milkweed | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Eggs | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Jake and Lily | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hokey Pokey | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Warden's Daughter | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dead Wednesday | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| My Daddy and Me | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| I Can Be Anything! | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mama Seeton's Whistle | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| My Fourth of July | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Knots in My Yo-Yo String | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stargirl Journal | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Today I Will | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| It's Fine to Be Nine | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Baseball Crazy | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Half-Minute Horrors | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
If You Like Jerry Spinelli Books, You’ll Love…
Stargirl is the first book in the series of the same name. From the first day at Mica High, Stargirl bursts into the lives of the students. She manages to lead a revolution of school spirit with just one cheer, she captures the heart of Leo Borlock, and the whole school is enchanted by Stargirl. Until they’re not. They turn on her in an instant and she is shunned for the things that make her different. Leo is worried and desperate with love so he encourages her to become something that would destroy her: normal.
The Newberry Medal Award winning Maniac Magee is one of Spinelli’s best known books. The book tells the story of Jeffrey Lionel “Maniac” Magee who is a bit of an urban legend in his hometown. He lost his parents due to a freak accident when he was young and that has made him into a different kind of kid. One day Magee decides to run. A lot. As he does and gets into all sorts of adventures, his legend grows as he deals with a difficult life in this small, racially divided town.