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Wringer (Trophy Newbery) (Reprint Edition) by Jerry Spinelli, Cliff Nielsen Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2018 ISBN-10: 0-06-440578-8 / 0064405788 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-440578-2 / 9780064405782 Newbery Medal-winning author Jerry Spinelli tells a story of peer pressure so foul, so horrifying, that Wringer should be shelved along with Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War. Nine-year-old Palmer dreads his upcoming 10th birthday. In his town, when boys are 10 years old they become "wringers," the |