Loser by Jerry Spinelli

By Jerry Spinelli

Similar to different young children, Zinkoff rides his motorcycle, hopes for snow days, and needs to be like his dad whilst he grows up. yet Zinkoff additionally increases his hand with the entire improper solutions, journeys over his personal toes, and falls down with laughter over a notice like "Jabip." different young ones have their very own note to explain him, yet Zinkoff is simply too busy to listen to it. He does not recognize he is not like every person else. And one wintry weather evening, Zinkoff's changes express that any identify can sometime develop into "hero."

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That son of yours is one happy child! ” 33 8 . Two New Friends In the summer between first and second grades Zinkoff acquires two new friends. One is a baby sister, the other is a neighbor. The baby sister is Polly. The neighbor is Andrew. When Zinkoff first meets the baby, his mother says, “Look,” and pulls down the blanket. There are two silver stars on the baby’s diaper. This baby is less than one day old. What can she have done already to deserve two stars? He’s never been awarded more than one at a time.

33 8 . Two New Friends In the summer between first and second grades Zinkoff acquires two new friends. One is a baby sister, the other is a neighbor. The baby sister is Polly. The neighbor is Andrew. When Zinkoff first meets the baby, his mother says, “Look,” and pulls down the blanket. There are two silver stars on the baby’s diaper. This baby is less than one day old. What can she have done already to deserve two stars? He’s never been awarded more than one at a time. “Mom,” he says, “two stars?

Later Zinkoff sits on the front step waiting for his father to come home from work. His father is a mailman. He walks all day on his job but drives to and from the post office in his clunker. The Zinkoffs cannot afford a new car, so Mr. Zinkoff buys used ones. Every time he buys one he gets excited. “She’s a real honeybug,” he says. And then, a month or two later, every time, the honeybug starts to go bad. A retread tire loses its rubber. The carburetor starts coughing. The belts break. He keeps patching it up with duct tape, baling wire and chewing gum.

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