Harrison Muller

Mrs. Lynn
Grade 7 Writing, Period 1
March 10, 2014
The Amazing Life of Jerry Spinelli
Live today. Not tomorrow. Inhabit your moments. Dont rent them all out to tomorrow,
stated Jerry Spinelli, a childrens author. Spinelli is one of the best childrens authors in the
United States of America. Jerry Spinelli has had a terrific life, notable achievements, and I
respect him. In fact, Spinelli has a very interesting life.
Jerry Spinelli has an extremely amazing life. On February 2
nd
, 1941, Spinelli was born.
He is luckily still alive to this day, writing books. Spinellis family consists of his parents, Louis
Anthony and Lorna Mae Spinelli, as well as his brother Bill Spinelli, and his wife, Eileen
Spinelli. Jerry Spinelli also has six wonderful kids. He went through all of grade school, then
flew past college. Jerry Spinelli has a life outside of writing, too. He touches soft ponies, skips
shiny rocks, marvels at the bright stars, and picks tasty berries. Mr. Spinelli does not like to be
called a writer, but a cherry picking, pony-petting, star marveler. Not only does Spinelli have an
interesting life, but also won many achievements.
Jerry Spinelli has accomplished lots of work in order to receive notable achievements.
Spinelli always wanted to be a cowboy or a baseball player, until his home football team won
against their rivalry team. Then, instead of celebrating, he went home and wrote a fabulous
poem about the crazy game. It was later published in a newspaper which inspired Spinellis
writing career. Later on, Spinelli wrote a book aobut a kid meant for adults. No publishing
compnat would take his book except one, who thought it was an excellent childrens book. Now,,
Spinelli is a famous childrens author. He won the newbery award in 1991 from Maniac
Macgee. Spinelli is still working hard to earn more achievements. Due to Jerry Spinellis
writing career, I am inspired by him.