Dead Wednesday (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780593306673)

Can playing dead bring you back to life? Maybe on Dead Wednesday... On this day the worlds of a shy boy and a gone girl collide, and the connection they make will change them both forever. A brilliant new novel from the Newbery Medal winner and author of the New York Times bestseller Stargirl.

"Jerry Spinelli has created another middle grade masterpiece." --BookPage, starred review

On Dead Wednesday, every eighth grader in Amber Springs is assigned the name and identity of a teenager who died a preventable death in the past year. The kids don black shirts and for the whole day everyone in town pretends they're invisible--as if they weren't even there. The adults think it will make them contemplate their mortality. The kids know it's a free pass to get away with anything.

Worm Tarnauer feels invisible every day. He's perfectly happy being the unnoticed sidekick of his friend Eddie. So he's not expecting Dead Wednesday to feel that different. But he didn't count on being assigned Becca Finch (17, car crash). And he certainly didn't count on Becca showing up to boss him around! Letting this girl into his head is about to change everything.

This is the story of the unexpected, heartbreaking, hilarious, truly epic day when Worm Tarnauer discovers his own life.


Author: Jerry Spinelli
ISBN-10: 0593306678
ISBN-13: 9780593306673
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 08/03/2021
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.9
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 511783 / Dead Wednesday


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/07/2021
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2021 - Book Of Special Distinction
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2021
Booklist 07/01/2021 pg. 70
Shelf Awareness 08/10/2021
School Library Journal 09/01/2021 pg. 93
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2021 pg. 118
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2021 - Superior,Well Above Average