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24 books recommended for fans of Wringer by Jerry Spinelli, tied together by themes of Peer Pressure, Violence, Social Issues, and Classics.

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Top related books to Wringer

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

Scorpions — Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence • Social Issues

What Happened to Lani Garver — Carol Plum-Ucci

What Happened to Lani Garver

Carol Plum-Ucci

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence • Social Issues

The Hundred Dresses — Eleanor Estes

The Hundred Dresses

Themes: Violence • Social Issues • Classics

Odd Dog Out — Rob Biddulph

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence

Heartstream — Tom Pollock

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence

Yellow Flag — Robert Lipsyte

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence

The Cow that Went Oink — Bernard Most

The Cow that Went Oink

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence

The 12th Candle — Kim Tomsic

The 12th Candle

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence

Autobiography of My Dead Brother — Walter Dean Myers

Autobiography of My Dead Brother

Walter Dean Myers

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence

Shooter — Caroline Pignat

Caroline Pignat

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence

Drive-By — Lynne Ewing

Themes: Peer Pressure • Violence

My Secret Bully — Trudy Ludwig

My Secret Bully

Themes: Peer Pressure • Social Issues

Red Heart Tattoo — Lurlene McDaniel

Red Heart Tattoo

Lurlene McDaniel

Themes: Violence • Social Issues

The Knife of Never Letting Go — Patrick Ness

The Knife of Never Letting Go

Themes: Violence • Social Issues

Those Shoes — Maribeth Boelts

Maribeth Boelts

Themes: Peer Pressure • Social Issues

Smurfs: Bringing Up Smurfy — Peyo

Smurfs: Bringing Up Smurfy

Themes: Violence • Social Issues

The Breadwinner — Deborah Ellis

The Breadwinner

Themes: Violence • Social Issues

Ghost of Spirit Bear — Ben Mikaelsen

Ghost of Spirit Bear

Themes: Violence • Social Issues

The Enemy A Book About Peace — Davide Calì

The Enemy A Book About Peace — Davide Calì

Themes: Violence • Social Issues

Love is the Higher Law — David Levithan

Love is the Higher Law

Themes: Violence • Social Issues

The Chocolate War — Robert Cormier

The Chocolate War

Themes: Peer Pressure • Social Issues

Sisters of Misery — Megan Kelley Hall

Sisters of Misery

Megan Kelley Hall

Themes: Peer Pressure • Social Issues

Raiders Night — Robert Lipsyte

Themes: Peer Pressure • Social Issues

The Girl in the Park — Mariah Fredericks

The Girl in the Park

Mariah Fredericks

Themes: Violence • Social Issues

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Peer Pressure, Violence, Social Issues — the same threads that run through Wringer by Jerry Spinelli. Among the authors featured: Walter Dean Myers, Carol Plum-Ucci, Eleanor Estes, Rob Biddulph, and others.

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