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A review by booksandbosox
Knots in My Yo-Yo String: The Autobiography of a Kid by Jerry Spinelli
4.0
Jerry Spinelli, the popular and award-winning children's book author, recounts the story of his life through this engaging and charming autobiography.
I pretty much adore Spinelli. His writing style is so simple, so easily accessible to kids and yet there are times when his prose is just dripping with beauty. His turns of phrase sometimes are pure poetry. This is pretty much straightforward autobiography but I love that he presents it as a series of vignettes, snapshots of his life. I think this is further proof of how conscious he is of writing for a young audience. Very well-done.
I pretty much adore Spinelli. His writing style is so simple, so easily accessible to kids and yet there are times when his prose is just dripping with beauty. His turns of phrase sometimes are pure poetry. This is pretty much straightforward autobiography but I love that he presents it as a series of vignettes, snapshots of his life. I think this is further proof of how conscious he is of writing for a young audience. Very well-done.