Knots in My Yo-Yo String: The Autobiography of a Kid (Thorndike Large Print Young Adult Series)

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Summary: DANS BOOK REVEIW
Review: I READ A BOOK CALLED KNOTS IN MY YO YO STRING BY JERRY SPINELLI . MY OPINION OF THE BOOK IS GOOD ONLY BECAUSE I COULD RELATE TO THE BOOK . LIKE JERRY DID ALOT OF THE THINGS I USED TO DO WHEN IWAS ABOUT TEN JERRY TALKS ABOUT HOW HE LOVED TO PLAY GUNS WHEN HE WAS LITTLE WELL WHEN I WAS LITTLE THATS ALL I USED TO DO. HE ALSO USED TO MOVE FROM HOUSE TO HOUSEWITH HIS FAMILY I WENT THROUGH ABOUT FIVE DIFEREN'T APARTMENTS WHEN I WAS HIS AGE WHEN HE WAS MOVING AROUND. THE ONE THING I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT THE BOOK WAS THERE ISN'T VERY MANY CHARECTERS IN THE BOOK THERE'S ONLY LIKE 3 JERRY HIS MOM AND HIS DAD. BUT ALL THE BOOKS ABOUT IS JERRY'S LIFE WELL THATS IT.

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Summary: If this book was a yo-yo the string would be knotless
Review: Knots in My Yo-Yo String is a book that tells of childhood memories. It is definitely geared towards younger readers; it would be the perfect read for a child around 12 years of age. The author, Jerry Spinelli, has done an exquisite job of capturing what most children experience during their short period of innocence. His memories are conveyed to the reader in a most descriptive way, and he requires the reader to think about what they have read. He never ends a chapter on a boring sentence; it is always a conclusive sentence that is usually quite witty. Some of his stories are so interesting that you wish you could go back in time and experience the same things he did but in your own childhood.
The majority of his most pleasant memories took place while he was in junior high school. I would say that he wrote of his preteen teen years, 10 to 12, more than any other time in his life. The author also wrote about his teenage memories but those were less pleasant and less numerous.
This book highlights how successful Jerry was among his fellow peers. He always seemed to be better than everyone else: he was athletic, he was very popular, and he was much more intelligent than the average student. The tale is constantly action filled with Jerry exploring and learning essential lessons in his childhood. The story is one big quest for Jerry to be happy and throughout the whole book it seems that he is happy and true to himself.
The book starts out with his dog being struck by a car; it then goes back to his early childhood and all the events that led up to the tragic accident. Then in the final chapter the story resumes at the point were Jerry is standing over the dead dog. The dog being slain represents the troubles Jerry encountered as soon as he enters high school. When Jerry reaches this new school, all his prior achievements meant nothing and he was forced to start from scratch. Several events happened to Jerry during this transition the drastically eroded his confidence. His girlfriend decided to discontinue the relationship, he struggle to grasps the concepts of his academics, and he was no longer the superior athlete. The worst thing that happened during those trying times was when his family departed from their neighborhood and decided it was time to move to another neighborhood.
Jerry then finds what he loves to do. He starts to write poetry in his 11th grade year and soon things turn around for Jerry, as he is happy once again. Jerry then goes on to tell about how he wrote the novel Manic Magee, a story based off of a childhood friend. The success of Manic Magee has made Jerry a financial secure writer.
This book connected with me because some of the events that he experienced as a child were similar to events that happened during my adolescence. Jerry Spinelli does a great job of making this book an interesting and eventful read for his target audience, children, while also telling of some important moral issues. The moral issues that occurred in this book made me remember of something dishonest I did as a child and it made my remember how bad I felt and how bad I still feel about the incident. So, I enjoyed this autobiography and I hope that you find a little bit of time to read this short adventure.

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Summary: Read This Before ANY other Spinelli Books!!!
Review: Knots In My Yoyo String was a great book about Jerry Spinelli's younger years. You will find out things that never would've crossed your mind -like that Spinelli hated writing, or that he still has all of the notes from his 9th grade girlfriend! Besides being just plain fun to read, you will uncover lots of people that he named his characters (in other books) after. There was really a boy named Magee and there was a real East and West side of town. After reading his books, you'll get lots of those "ah ha!" moments. Every Jerry Spinelli fan should read this amazing biography! ~

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Summary: The String
Review: The best part of the adventurous book Knots in My Yo - Yo String is were Jerry Spinelli he learns a great lesson that you can't always be the best that you always want to be but you can always work up to it and I think that this is a very important thing to know. In this book you also learn other things like that there's always one moment in your life that your life feel like it's falling apart even if your only learning a lesson. I think that these are really important thing to always know. I think that this book is great for kids that like to learn new things and that like action, drama and real life situations. I would recommend this book for kids from the ages of 10 to 16 because this book has things about all of these ages and how some things change as you get older. I think that all kids should read this book no matter what kind of books you usually read. Because I think that you would enjoy this book as well besides the books that you are use to. So try something new and get out of your shell and brake out of the ordinary. So if you have the time to go to your local library go and get this action packed book Knots in My Yo - Yo String written by the author Jerry Spinelli right now and get ready to fill your brain with ideas and thoughts.
By: Ben

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Summary: Makes you want to read Spinelli's books!
Review: This book is so great! It tells all about Jerry Spinelli's childhood in big events in his life. It is very humerous and touching. It talks about his dreams and accomplishments as a kid and how they effected him as a person and as an author. I highly recommend you read this book!