TY - BOOK AU - Spinelli,Jerry TI - Wringer SN - 0060249137 AV - PZ7.S75663 Wr 1997 U1 - F SPI 21 PY - 1997/// CY - New York PB - HarperCollins KW - Courage KW - Fiction KW - Violence KW - Pigeons KW - Newbery honor book KW - Juvenile fiction N1 - Wilson's Children, October 2010; Wilson's Junior High School, April 2001; Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000; School Library Journal starred, January 2000; Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 1998; Book Links (A.L.A.), September 1999; Booklist starred, September 1997; Horn Book Starred, September 1997; Pub Weekly, June 1997; 4.5; 5-8; 690L; Lexile; U; Fountas N2 - 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 ER -