Eggs | Jerry Spinelli | eggs. -summary by jordan mcswain.

Eggs | Jerry Spinelli | Spinelli does it again!

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Eggs

	Eggs Jerry Spinelli Little, Brown Young Readers, 2008 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 16 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Eggs is a quirky and moving novel about two very complicated, damaged children. David has recently lost his mother to a freak accident, his salesman father is constantly on the road, and he is letting his anger out on his grandmother. Primrose lives with her unstable, childlike, fortuneteller mother, and the only evidence of the father she never knew is a framed picture. Despite their age difference (David is 9, Primrose is 13), they forge a tight yet tumultuous friendship, eventually helping each other deal with what is missing in their lives.

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eggs. -summary by jordan mcswain.

The Main Characters in this book are David and Primrose. David is nine and Primrose is thirteen. David lives with his grandmother because his mother died. She died from slipping on a wet floor and hitting her head. David thinks that if he follows all the rules then it'll bring his mother back. He's not very respectful to his grandmother, in fact he barely says anything to her. In the beginning of the story David's grandmother takes him to an Easter egg hunt. Even though David thought he was to big to go, but he still tries to find eggs anyways, when he finally found a pretty blue egg this bigger kid tells David its his, so he gives it to him. David thinks they might have hid more eggs in the woods, so he wonders off looking for them. While he's walking he sees a yellow egg in a pile of leaves. He picks up the egg and noticed it has a red circle on it, he brushes the leaves off, until he saw a face. It was the most beautiful face he had ever seen. Three days after school ended he had to go to the library with his grandmother, she was the volunteer reader for summer story time. When they were acting out the last story, David recognized the girl playing Goldilocks was the girl he had seen in the woods. He let loose the scream of his life, he thought she was dead.
They started talking and she gave him a card. On the card it said, Madame Dufee Reader and Advisor "Meet Your Tomorrow Today" Tulip street. The next day David went to her house. It was a tiny house, Primrose didn't live inside the house, she lived in a car in the backyard. David and Primrose became the best of friends. They did everything together. They fought like they were brother and sister. They we're always at Refrigerator John's ( Primrose's friend) house. They would watch TV and fight over the remote. They watched the news and saw a man standing on the freeway waving at people, they called him "The Waving Man". David and Primrose were curious about why he would wave at people in cars. 0ne day they got in a huge fight and stopped talking for two weeks, until one morning David found a note on his bed saying, "Meet me at my place now." He went to Primrose's house, she told him they were going somewhere. David followed her like a lost puppy, David would ask over and over where they were going, and finally Primrose told David "We're going to the city." David was excited, he had never been to Philadelphia before. They were going to the city to see the waving man they had seen on TV, so they could ask him why he waved at people. They walked until night, when the police had found them and brought them back home. They never made it to see the waving man, but Primrose told David she knew why he did it. It was because the people would wave back.

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Spinelli does it again!

Eggs, the latest book from Jerry Spinelli, is a wonderful read for anyone that has lost a parent, has a parent that they cannot relate to or is trying to cope with life in general! Nine year old David's mother dies in a freak accident, so he must live with his grandmother while his father works out of town. David meets Primrose, an interesting, older, and different girl, at an Easter egg hunt that his grandmother forces him to attend. She is pretends she is dead and scares him. Primrose lives with her mother that works as a psychic and only knows her father by a photograph she has of him. From here there friendship takes off. They spend time together fixing up the old VW van that Primrose lives in, starting a bait business, and eventually walking to the city on an adventure.
Two unlikely characters that have much more in common than they realize as they form a friendship makes this book an "eggs"cellent choice! Boys or girls will enjoy this quirky book. The Amazon website recommends the book for ages 9-12, but I found it to be a great read even for an adult. I will be using the book with my students for Spinelli literature circles. I highly recommend this book!

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Jerry Spinelli is BACK!

I love Jerry Spinelli... I love Maniac Magee, Stargirl, Loser, Crash,Knots in My Yo-Yo String, but not so much Fourth Grade Rats and Wringer.
JS knows what kids today are interested in reading about... real issues.... things they have experienced and characters like they are or know. I wasn't sure if JS could successfully recreate another intense, thought-provoking, touching and real storyline like he did with Stargirl.. but he has!
Eggs is a story of two children both angry at the world due to different circumstances in their lives, but somehow find each other and reclaim their ability to love and accept love. Spinelli has created such realistic characters, I almost had a hard time returning to the "real world" after completing this book!
Eggs is a story that you will reflect on the relationships in one's own life and sometimes our reluctance to address hard issues with ones we love.

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Eggs

David is a 9 year old boy who lost his mother in an accident. He moves to Perkiomen to live with his grandmother, only seeing his father on the weekend. Primrose is a 13 year old who never knew her father and whose mother is eccentric to say the least. Jerry Spinelli brings these two characters together forming an unlikely, but entertaining pair. Their love/hate relationship will hit home with anyone who reads it. While Eggs gets off to a slow start, it is well worth reading it through to the end. From a teaching standpoint there are great issues that can be discussed and a lot of use of imagery and symbolism.

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Eggs from an Educator

Eggs was my first Jerry Spinelli read, which is rather surprising considering two key points: (1) I am an avid reader and (2) I teach elementary school. Overall, I loved the characterization and detail Spinelli exercised throughout the storyline. I found pleasure and comfort in becoming familiar with the two main characters, David (age 7) and Primrose (age 13). However, at times these characters were difficult to be fond of considering their negative outlooks on life. As an educator, I read children's literature with the intent to use it in my classroom someday for a specific purpose. During most of this book I felt as if I was grasping for a reason to continue the read. With much afterthought I have compiled a list of ways Eggs would engage my students and thus reasons for teachers to use this book in their classrooms (see below). Even though I enjoyed Eggs, I am leery to recommend it for the general population. It is deep with symbolism and situations that would be hard for some students to understand and relate, such as death, psychics, children living alone, isolation of family members, children sneaking out at night, running away from home, etc. Amazon.com does not suggest the targeted grade level for this book, probably due specifically to its content. From my best estimate, the book reads at around a 3rd grade level, but deals with concepts more appropriate for 4th or 5th grade. I would not hesitate to use this book in the middle school grades, as it seems much more appropriate for their psychological development stages. Eggs does not have a "happily ever after" type conclusion, which would definitely appeal to some students. Being new to Jerry Spinelli works, Eggs has ignited my curiosity about his other books. Regretfully, I hope they are more age appropriate for my P-3 classrooms.
Reasons to Read Eggs
* The main characters ages make this book interesting for 2nd and 3rd grade students. Plus, the main characters have major attitude problems that would be funny to most elementary schoolers.
* The plot deals with life circumstances that might relate to students, specifically the death of a parent. Plus, the closure that comes after sharing your concerns with others who care.
* The main characters have exciting midnight adventures, where they often get into sticky situations.
* The younger male character befriends the older female character, yet their friendship is often on "love/hate" terms.
* The main characters work for what they want together. They are diligent about making money. Sadly, they are also diligent about spending and not saving.
* A bullying aspect is present and could be capitalized on by teachers.
* A focus on coping with life's struggles and acceptance of the way things change over time.
* An appreciation for those who are different.

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