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Books like Wringer

Across Peer Pressure, Violence, Classics, and Social Themes — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Wringer by Jerry Spinelli.

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Top related books to Wringer

Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Wringer.

The 12th Candle — Kim Tomsic

The 12th Candle

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence • Social Themes

Drive-By — Lynne Ewing

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence • Social Themes

What Happened to Lani Garver — Carol Plum-Ucci

What Happened to Lani Garver

Carol Plum-Ucci

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence • Social Themes

The Cow that Went Oink — Bernard Most

The Cow that Went Oink

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence • Social Themes

Heartstream — Tom Pollock

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence • Social Themes

Autobiography of My Dead Brother — Walter Dean Myers

Autobiography of My Dead Brother

Walter Dean Myers

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence • Social Themes

Odd Dog Out — Rob Biddulph

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence • Social Themes

Shooter — Caroline Pignat

Caroline Pignat

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence • Social Themes

Yellow Flag — Robert Lipsyte

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence • Social Themes

Scorpions — Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence • Social Themes

Knockout Games — G. Neri

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence • Social Themes

The Verdigris Pawn — Alysa Wishingrad

The Verdigris Pawn

Alysa Wishingrad

Themes: Violence • Classics • Social Themes

Black Beauty — Anna Sewell

Themes: Violence • Classics • Social Themes

The Little Prince — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Themes: Violence • Classics • Social Themes

El cuento de ferdinando — Munro Leaf

El cuento de ferdinando

Themes: Violence • Classics • Social Themes

The Chocolate War — Robert Cormier

The Chocolate War

Themes: Peer Pressure • Classics • Social Themes

Catherine, Called Birdy Movie Tie-In Edition — Karen Cushman

Catherine, Called Birdy Movie Tie-In Edition

Themes: Peer Pressure • Classics • Social Themes

The Story of Ferdinand — Munro Leaf

The Story of Ferdinand

Themes: Violence • Classics • Social Themes

Noche de humo — Eve Bunting

Themes: Violence • Classics • Social Themes

Smoky Night — Eve Bunting

Themes: Violence • Classics • Social Themes

George and Martha One Fine Day — James Marshall

George and Martha One Fine Day

Themes: Violence • Classics • Social Themes

Pippa Park Raises Her Game — Erin Yun

Pippa Park Raises Her Game

Themes: Peer Pressure • Classics • Social Themes

Potatoes, Potatoes — Anita Lobel

Potatoes, Potatoes

Themes: Violence • Classics • Social Themes

Shiloh — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Themes: Violence • Classics • Social Themes

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Peer Pressure, Violence, Classics — the same threads that run through Wringer by Jerry Spinelli. Among the authors featured: Kim Tomsic, Lynne Ewing, Carol Plum-Ucci, Bernard Most, and others.

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