# Jerry Spinelli — books assigned in US schools

**6** books by Jerry Spinelli appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 820L–820L
**Grade span:** 3–9
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/jerry-spinelli
**Wikipedia (entity):** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Spinelli
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- conduct of life (2)
- family (2)
- family life (2)
- friendship (2)
- boys, fiction
- conformity
- elementary schools
- families
- first love
- homelessness

## Genres

- Realistic Fiction (3)
- Adventure
- Children's
- Middle Grade Fiction

## Every Jerry Spinelli title on file

- [Maniac Magee](https://readinglist.school/book/maniac-magee) _(820L · Grades 4–7 · 1990)_
- [Fourth Grade Rats](https://readinglist.school/book/fourth-grade-rats) _(Grades 4–6 · 1991)_
- [Crash](https://readinglist.school/book/crash) _(Grades 3–8 · 1996)_
- [Stargirl](https://readinglist.school/book/stargirl) _(Grades 6–9 · 2001)_
- [Loser](https://readinglist.school/book/loser) _(Grades 4–6 · 2002)_
- [Milkweed](https://readinglist.school/book/milkweed) _(Grades 4–9 · 2011)_

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