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Jerry Spinelli Books in Order

Jerry Spinelli has written 37 books, published between 1982 and 2023. The first book is Space Station Seventh Grade (1982) and the newest is Dead Wednesday (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
37
Published
1982–2023
Pages on record
3,347 in 19 of 37 books
Reading time
56–84 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,347 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 37 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Jerry Spinelli, author

Jerry Spinelli writes children's novels about adolescence and early adulthood. Maniac Magee (1990), Stargirl and Wringer are the best known of them. The 37 catalogued books start with Space Station Seventh Grade (1982) and end with Dead Wednesday (2023), and the series strands include Stargirl, School Daze, Fourth Grade Rats and the Tooter Tales. Schools, friendship, family life and conduct recur as subjects, and the median book runs 176 pages.

How many Jerry Spinelli books are there?

Jerry Spinelli has 37 books, released between 1982 and 2023. They include 5 series and 25 titles listed outside any series.

Jerry Spinelli Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 37 Jerry Spinelli books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Night of the Whale by Jerry Spinelli (1988)
  2. Cover of Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (1990)
  3. Cover of The Bathwater Gang by Jerry Spinelli (1990)
  4. Cover of Report to the Principal's Office! by Jerry Spinelli, book 1 of the School Daze series (1991)
  5. Cover of Dump Days by Jerry Spinelli (1991)
  6. Cover of There's a Girl in My Hammerlock by Jerry Spinelli (1991)
  7. Cover of Who Ran My Underwear up the Flagpole? by Jerry Spinelli, book 2 of the School Daze series (1992)
  8. Cover of Do the Funky Pickle by Jerry Spinelli, book 3 of the School Daze series (1992)
  9. Cover of The Bathwater Gang Gets Down to Business by Jerry Spinelli (1992)
  10. Cover of Picklemania by Jerry Spinelli, book 4 of the School Daze series (1993)
  11. Cover of Tooter Pepperday by Jerry Spinelli, book 1 of the Tooter Tale series (1995)
  12. Cover of Crash / The Mighty Crashman by Jerry Spinelli (1996)
  13. Cover of Wringer by Jerry Spinelli (1997)
  14. Cover of The Library Card by Jerry Spinelli (1997)
  15. Cover of Knots in My Yo-Yo String by Jerry Spinelli (1998)
  16. Cover of Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli (2000)
  17. Cover of Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, book 1 of the Stargirl series (2001)
  18. Cover of Loser by Jerry Spinelli (2002)
  19. Cover of My Daddy and Me by Jerry Spinelli (2003)
  20. Cover of Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, book 2 of the Stargirl series (2007)
  21. Cover of Stargirl Journal by Jerry Spinelli (2007)
  22. Cover of I Can Be Anything! by Jerry Spinelli (2010)
  23. Cover of Third Grade Angels by Jerry Spinelli, book 2 of the Fourth Grade Rats series (2012)
  24. Cover of Jake and Lily by Jerry Spinelli (2012)
  1. 1
    Space Station Seventh GradeSpace Station Seventh Grade #11982 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982232
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  2. 2
    Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush?1984 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984220
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  3. 3
    Jason and MarcelineSpace Station Seventh Grade #21986 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986228
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  4. 4
    Night of the Whale1988 · 147 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988147
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  5. 5
    Maniac Magee1990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
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  6. 6
    The Bathwater Gang1990 · 59 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199059
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  7. 7
    Fourth Grade RatsFourth Grade Rats #11991 · 84 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199184
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  8. 8
    Report to the Principal's Office!School Daze #11991 · 134 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991134
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  9. 9
    Dump Days1991 · 159 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991159
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  10. 10
    There's a Girl in My Hammerlock1991 · 199 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991199
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  11. 11
    Who Ran My Underwear up the Flagpole?School Daze #21992 · 127 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992127
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  12. 12
    Do the Funky PickleSchool Daze #31992 · confirmed 2/4
    1992–
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  13. 13
    The Bathwater Gang Gets Down to Business1992 · 59 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199259
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  14. 14
    PicklemaniaSchool Daze #41993 · 132 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993132
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  15. 15
    Tooter PepperdayTooter Tale #11995 · 85 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199585
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  16. 16
    Crash / The Mighty Crashman1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  17. 17
    Wringer1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  18. 18
    The Library Card1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  19. 19
    Knots in My Yo-Yo String1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  20. 20
    Blue Ribbon BluesTooter Tale #21998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  21. 21
    Smiles to Go2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  22. 22
    StargirlStargirl #12001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001–
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  23. 23
    Loser2002 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002224
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  24. 24
    My Daddy and Me2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  25. 25
    Milkweed2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  26. 26
    Love, StargirlStargirl #22007 · 274 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007274
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  27. 27
    Stargirl Journal2007 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007176
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  28. 28
    Eggs2007 · 225 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007225
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  29. 29
    Today I Will2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  30. 30
    I Can Be Anything!2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  31. 31
    Third Grade AngelsFourth Grade Rats #22012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  32. 32
    Jake and Lily2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  33. 33
    Hokey Pokey2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  34. 34
    Mama Seeton's Whistle2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  35. 35
    The Warden's Daughter2017 · 343 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017343
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  36. 36
    My Fourth of July2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  37. 37
    Dead Wednesday2023 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2023240
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Jerry Spinelli books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

School Daze in order

4 books
  1. 1. Report to the Principal's Office!
  2. 2. Who Ran My Underwear up the Flagpole?
  3. 3. Do the Funky Pickle
  4. 4. Picklemania

Space Station Seventh Grade in order

2 books
  1. 1. Space Station Seventh Grade
  2. 2. Jason and Marceline

Fourth Grade Rats in order

2 books
  1. 1. Fourth Grade Rats
  2. 2. Third Grade Angels

Tooter Tale in order

2 books
  1. 1. Tooter Pepperday
  2. 2. Blue Ribbon Blues

Stargirl in order

2 books
  1. 1. Stargirl
  2. 2. Love, Stargirl

Standalone books

25 books

25 Jerry Spinelli titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jerry Spinelli books in order?

You only need to read Jerry Spinelli books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Jerry Spinelli

Start with Space Station Seventh Grade (1982), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jerry Spinelli book?

Dead Wednesday (2023) is the newest Jerry Spinelli book released so far.

Is there a new Jerry Spinelli book coming?

No next Jerry Spinelli book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Jerry Spinelli at a glance

Paused
No new Jerry Spinelli title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Jerry Spinelli books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,347 pages across the 19 of 37 books with a recorded length, a median of 176 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jerry Spinelli books, 16 of 37, were published in the 1990s.

What the Jerry Spinelli books are about

33 of the 37 Jerry Spinelli books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 22 of 33. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.