When he was young, Jerry Spinelli wanted to grow up to become a professional baseball player, a shortstop. He was known as a sports nut as well as the fastest runner. The last thing young Jerry, who didn't like to read, would expect to be was a writer.
In this book you can see how Jerry Spinelli got he ideas for Zinkoff, from Loser , Maniac Magee , Maisie in There's a Girl in My Hammerlock , and Crash . Find out how Jerry Spinelli became a writer in this autobiography, Knots in My Yo-Yo String .
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