Spinelli, Jerry

Mourning the loss of his mother, nine-year-old David forms an unlikely friendship with independent, quriky thirteen-year-old Primrose, as the two help each other deal with what is missing in their lives.

The entertaining collection includes all four School dazed books. Follow Sunny. Salem, Eddie and Pickles in a year full of adventures, as they take on the hillarious halls of Plumstead Middle School.

Maniac Magee is the story of Jeffrey Lionel Magee, who lost his parents at the age of three in a trolley accident. Leaving his relatives, who won't talk to each other, he searches for a home with a real address that he can call his own in Two Mills, Pennsylvania. In the meantime, he earns the nickname 'Maniac.' He can punt a football perfectly while carrying a book in his other hand, he can hit an inside-the-park home run, and he can untie even the most Gordian of knots.