Loser Summary
Jerry Spinelli

Loser Summary

Loser, by Jerry Spinelli, follows the life throughout grade school of a boy named Donald Zinkoff, who has a hard time achieving success in anything he does, yet proves to be very successful at being a good person. Spinelli has written a number of children's books and is a winner of the Newbery Medal, one of the most prestigious awards given for children's literature. In this 2003 novel, he portrays a boy...

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