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Oakland's Ricky Henderson falls victim to Nolan Ryan's 5000th strikeout in August 1989 at Arlington Stadium.
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Author Jerry Spinelli
• Born February 1, 1941 in Norristown, PA
• He has a white rat, a chinchilla, 6 kids, and 16 grandchildren
• Enjoyed playing baseball and wanted to play for the NY Yankees
• His first writing was a poem about a football game that was published in the local paper
• He used to be an editor for a clothing magazine
• Writes about kids who are different and unique
• Many books are based on his childhood or where he grew up
• Has published over 25 books
Norristown, PA
Norristown is about five hours away from Ford City and near
Philadelphia.Which direction is that
from us?
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How do others react
to him?
Knots In My Yo Yo String
Name of Character
What does the
character look like?
How does he act?
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Kno
ts I
n M
y Yo
Yo
Stri
ng: T
he A
utob
iogr
aphy
of a
Kid
—Fr
om fi
rst m
emor
ies
thro
ugh
high
sch
ool,
incl
udin
g fir
st k
iss,
firs
t pun
ch, f
irst t
rip to
the
prin
cipa
l's o
ffic
e, a
nd fi
rst h
umili
atin
g sp
orts
exp
erie
nce,
th
is is
not
mer
ely
an a
ccou
nt o
f a h
ighl
y un
usua
l chi
ldho
od.
Whe
n di
d yo
u kn
ow y
ou w
ante
d to
be
a w
rite
r? A
bout
mid
way
thro
ugh
high
sch
ool,
whe
n m
y po
em
abou
t a fo
otba
ll ga
me
was
pub
lishe
d in
the
loca
l pap
er.
Why
did
you
cho
ose
to w
rite
for
mid
dle
grad
ers?
Wha
t do
you
like
abou
t wri
ting
for
this
aud
ienc
e? I
didn
't ch
oose
to w
rite
for t
hem
. My
first
pub
lishe
d bo
ok w
as a
bout
a 1
3-ye
ar-o
ld k
id, s
o ad
ult d
epar
tmen
ts
wou
ldn'
t tak
e it.
So
I bec
ame
a "c
hild
ren'
s w
riter
" by
acc
iden
t. In
my
own
min
d, I
writ
e fo
r eve
ryon
e.
In y
our
book
s, th
e th
eme
of b
eing
diff
eren
t see
ms t
o be
com
mon
. In
WR
ING
ER
, Pal
mer
did
n't w
ant
to b
e a
wri
nger
like
mos
t boy
s in
his t
own.
In C
RA
SH, J
ohn
Coo
gan
pick
s on
a ne
ighb
or w
ho h
e de
ems d
iffer
ent.
And
Man
iac
Mag
ee in
the
book
of t
he sa
me
title
is c
erta
inly
a u
niqu
e in
divi
dual
. W
hy d
o yo
u lik
e to
wri
te o
n th
is th
eme?
A s
impl
e an
swer
to th
at is
that
"di
ffer
ent"
cha
ract
ers
are
mor
e in
tere
stin
g th
an o
rdin
ary
ones
. The
y at
tract
our
atte
ntio
n an
d ke
ep it
and
in th
e lo
ng ru
n ha
ve m
uch
mor
e to
te
ll us
. Yo
ur r
ecen
t nov
el S
TAR
GIR
L is
abo
ut a
gir
l who
is u
nusu
ally
diff
eren
t fro
m a
ll he
r pe
ers i
n hi
gh
scho
ol, o
r fr
om a
nyon
e m
ost o
f us h
ave
ever
kno
wn.
How
did
STA
RG
IRL
com
e ab
out?
Bac
k in
196
6 I
bega
n jo
tting
dow
n no
tes a
bout
an
unus
ual p
erso
n. S
TAR
GIR
L is
the
final
inca
rnat
ion
of m
any
sinc
e th
at
time.
Yo
u've
men
tione
d be
fore
that
you
wer
e no
t an
avid
rea
der
as a
chi
ld. W
hat d
o yo
u th
ink
wou
ld h
ave
enco
urag
ed y
ou to
rea
d m
ore
as a
chi
ld?
And
wha
t boo
ks d
o yo
u re
ad n
ow?
If I
hadn
't be
en g
ood
at
spor
ts m
aybe
I w
ould
hav
e sp
ent m
ore
time
in th
e lib
rary
. I re
ad q
uite
a v
arie
ty o
f boo
ks n
ow. A
t the
m
omen
t I'm
read
ing
a m
urde
r mys
tery
and
a h
isto
ry o
f rai
lroad
din
ing
cars
. Yo
ur a
utob
iogr
aphy
, KN
OT
S IN
MY
YO
-YO
ST
RIN
G, w
as a
fasc
inat
ing
read
. Wha
t exp
erie
nces
fr
om y
our
child
hood
com
e in
to p
lay
the
mos
t in
your
stor
ies/
wri
ting?
I've
foun
d m
y gr
ade
scho
ol a
nd
juni
or h
igh
year
s esp
ecia
lly fe
rtile
fiel
ds to
har
vest
. Yo
u w
rote
the
book
TH
E L
IBR
AR
Y C
AR
D, w
hich
tells
the
stor
ies o
f fou
r di
ffer
ent k
ids a
nd h
ow a
lit
tle b
lue
libra
ry c
ard
affe
cted
thei
r liv
es. W
here
did
this
idea
com
e fr
om?
Whe
re y
ou e
ver
affe
cted
by
a li
brar
y lik
e an
y of
thos
e ch
arac
ters
you
wro
te a
bout
? Th
e id
ea c
ame
from
my
edito
r at S
chol
astic
. O
f the
four
stor
ies,
I fe
el p
artic
ular
ly a
ttach
ed to
"So
nser
ay,"
thou
gh h
is k
idho
od d
oes n
ot re
sem
ble
my
own
at a
ll.
Wha
t ins
pire
s you
? W
hat d
oesn
't? A
t one
tim
e or
ano
ther
I've
foun
d m
ysel
f mov
ed b
y ev
eryt
hing
from
the
gran
dest
pag
eant
s to
the
mos
t ord
inar
y ge
stur
es.
Wha
t's th
e be
st th
ing
abou
t bei
ng a
wri
ter?
Hav
ing
read
ers.
Wha
t is y
our
typi
cal w
ork
day
like?
Rou
tinel
y, I
wor
k tw
o ho
urs
each
mor
ning
. I m
ay o
r may
not
writ
e fo
r ano
ther
hou
r or s
o at
nig
ht.
Wha
t do
you
do w
hen
you'
re n
ot w
orki
ng?
With
six
kid
s and
16
gran
dkid
s, th
ere's
ple
nty!
Yo
u st
arte
d ou
t wri
ting
for
adul
ts a
nd r
ecei
ved
reje
ctio
n le
tter
s. Yo
u pe
rsev
ered
, and
now
you
are
a
high
ly su
cces
sful
and
wel
l-res
pect
ed c
hild
ren'
s wri
ter.
How
did
you
find
the
driv
e to
kee
p w
ritin
g an
d su
bmitt
ing
afte
r re
ceiv
ing
reje
ctio
ns?
I dis
cove
red
that
eve
n af
ter a
day
of r
ejec
tion
slip
s, th
e su
n co
mes
up
nex
t mor
ning
. And
the
stor
ies
wer
e st
ill in
me.
How
cou
ld I
not w
rite?
W
hat a
dvic
e do
you
hav
e fo
r as
piri
ng c
hild
ren'
s wri
ters
? W
rite
wha
t you
car
e ab
out.
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