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Key Information
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| Authors: |
Jerry Spinelli |
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Juvenile Fiction · Nature |
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1998 Newbery Medal |
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Professional Reviews
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Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books: "Spinelli has a knack for characterization that serves him will in this oddly frightening, creepily believable novel." |
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Book Editions
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Format: Hardcover, 228 Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books (September 01, 1997) Measurements: 7.75"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 1"(d), 0.8 lbs. ISBN: 9780060249137 |
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| Publisher's Note: |
WAYMER--Hundreds of sharpshooters in and around this rural community are cleaning their shotguns as they look forward to Saturday's 63rd annual Pigeon Day. Beginning at around 8 a.m., participants who have paid a fee will each have the chance to shoot at ten to twenty pigeons as they are released from boxes. |
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As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it. |
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