Loser
By: Jerry Spinelli
Book review by: Anette
Donald Zinkoff is your usual klutz. He yells YAHOO and wears a giraffe hat to school. That's how it is for him and every one when they are little. But then they grow up. They see things that were there before, but they really notice them. The whisper about his giraffe hat and the purple birthmark he has. Then comes field day. The 4th grade classrooms are divided up into 4 groups. Zinkoff is put into a group with the grades biggest jock. They are winning all the races, until it is Zinkoff's turn. Suddenly Zinkoff is not called Zinkoff anymore. He is called Loser.
This book was ok, and the moments were very stretched out, as in any Jerry Spinelli book. I think Donald Zinkoff is a lovable character who isn't perfect, at all. He makes friends with the weirdest people, the old lady in the mint green dress, and Claudia, the little girl on the child leash, and Hector Binns, who makes ear wax candles with his own ear wax. I think Donald Zinkoff lives in his own little world, and he is practically invincible to words and pain. He keeps on pulling through.
Why is it zinkoff??? I would die having the name
ReplyDeletedoes he go by a nickname or something??
ReplyDeleteI have read the book. Good job summarizing the book.
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