How does smiles to go end

But of course, Will finds another way to get her back to him. Will has this annoying little sister that he has to deal with too. She throws away his favorite jelly beans, answers the phone and then hangs up, messes with Will's and she says things to him just to make Will snap.

While all this stuff is happening with Will and his friends, his sister trys to make his life as miserable as she can possibly make it.

During one of Will's most important chess games of his teenage life, Will's dad came in and told him that his little sister was in the hospital! I bet that Will felt bad that he was mean to his sister then! I think this is one of the best Jerry Spinelli books i have ever read. He needs to make more books mature like this book is, instead of for like 10 year olds. This book is recamended to everyone who likes drama filled, confused boys in it me! Mar 31, Evan rated it it was ok.

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I read Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli which is a fictional book about a pretty normal teenage boy who gets hung up on the decay of a proton.

Will is a freshman in high school. The conflict of the story is Will and reality. Why does that matter, though? All Will is interested in is ches I read Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli which is a fictional book about a pretty normal teenage boy who gets hung up on the decay of a proton.

All Will is interested in is chess, skateboarding, astronomy, Mi-Su and monopoly. It gets really boring and really uninteresting. Where does that ending even come from? It was so obnoxious. I thought the quality of writing was pretty dreadful for this book. Who has heard of a chess-playing-star-loving-skateboarding-super-geek? Last time I checked, no one has.

I disliked this book because the lack of excitement, and that the author poorly connected to the reader. I would not recommend this book but I would recommend any other books by Jerry Spinelli. View all 6 comments. Dec 03, Marcus P F2 rated it it was amazing. I would recommend this book to people who enjoy learning about the 80s to the 90s. It also reflects on 9th-grade life which is pretty close to our lives. We are only 2 years apart. The story is set in the 80s to 90s and the character William faces the challenge that he wants his crush to like him.

Later on spoiler alert they just become friends together. Another challenge is that his sister is bothering and annoying him but later, he finds out that she rides his skateboard and got into an acci I would recommend this book to people who enjoy learning about the 80s to the 90s. Another challenge is that his sister is bothering and annoying him but later, he finds out that she rides his skateboard and got into an accident. When she was busy in the ICU, he finds out that she has been saving a lot of black jelly beans the ones he likes and she has been hiding them in her toy octopus waiting to be given on his birthday.

This is when the character William realizes she loves him. One thing that I disliked was that his crush was never really his girlfriend in the end.

Despite kissing each other twice. May 25, Hazel and Nutsy rated it it was amazing Shelves: favorites. I liked it! I went into it thinking it would just be ok, and the beginning wasn't the best, but by the th page I couldn't put it down. The romance was sweet and interesting, and the story with will's sister is nice too. I find it a bit unrealistic that her parents could let the sister be so bratty, but they say it's because she wants to be close to will, and I guess i'll take their word for it because i don't know much about little kids.

The description didn't imply there would be so much rom I liked it! The description didn't imply there would be so much romance as there was, but I was ok with it. It was a great book that made me happy. Jun 04, babyhippoface rated it liked it Shelves: young-adult. Having grown up believing protons to be an immortal part of the universe, 9th-grade chess whiz and future astronomer Will Tuppence's world is rocked when scientists witness a flash that marked the expiration of a proton.

Will is so upset over this that he can barely function for a few days, and is genuinely shocked and surprised that no one else seems to care. Once he finally accepted the death of the proton, it was like a different book. He almost completely forgot about it and was much more "normal" and the story picked up.

He skateboarded, crushed on his best friend Mi-Su, and was combatant with his little sister his incredibly annoying little sister who needed several spankings she never received. Much more normal. I think 7th-9th graders will enjoy this book quite a bit if they'll stick with it past the Proton Part, but I'm not sure they'll hang in there that long.

Aug 06, Roxanne Hsu Feldman rated it really liked it Shelves: grade , youngadult , bestbooks. I'd have to put this title down as one of my favorite Spinelli novels. Will is a real person with a convincing and consistent internal voice. His obsession with planning and attention to minute details reveals a scientific and intellectual mind -- at the same time, he is slightly lacking in the "social intelligence" -- not being able to read the cues of his peers and more damagingly, not being able to decipher his little sister's actions as cries for attention in a somewhat positive way.

I was not as convinced by the 5-year-old Tabby and all her super sophisticated ways and the parents' lack of intervention between the two siblings since they seem to be VERY aware and understanding of both Tabby and Will's emotional lives.

Usually, this would have been ground enough for me to discredit the whole book -- but since Will is so well drawn, I am willing to suspend my disbelief for those dozens of pages. Apr 21, Ryan rated it liked it. I'm a nerd. And yet as I read this book, I couldn't help but think, "Whoa. This kid's a real nerd. Like Percy. And second, I don't like that they have cell phones. But third, is a real plot point: Mi-Su struck me as unrealistic because although she is popular, she doesn't see I'm a nerd.

But third, is a real plot point: Mi-Su struck me as unrealistic because although she is popular, she doesn't seem like a player but nor does she hook up with Will after they kiss. She dates around or at least, doesn't fixate on Will as much as he does on her.

Does this really happen with kid's today? Are those conflicting messages? Feb 23, Harmony Wooden rated it it was amazing. Smiles to go by Jerry Spinelli was in my opinion a very good book. The main character Will Tuppence is in 9th grade about to go into 10th.

Will's two best friends are named BT. BT is a laid back kind of guy which is the complete oposite of Will. Will has a little sister named Tabitha Tuppence and he dispises her in every way.

Tabitha looks up to BT and whatever he does she will follow. One day BT goes down a skateboarding hill called dead mans hill. It is the most dangerous and scary hill any on Smiles to go by Jerry Spinelli was in my opinion a very good book.

It is the most dangerous and scary hill any onw could go down. One day Tabitha is left with her aunt while Will and his parents go to a chess compition and Tabby didnt get to go. So Tabby threw a fit and she took Will's skateboard and went down deadmans hill. She was put in a trauma center and soon recovered. All in all Smiles to go was a very amazing book. May 12, Marilyn rated it really liked it Recommends it for: 6th - 9th grade. Shelves: realistic-fiction , youngadultfiction.

Spinelli's back with a gem of a story. I loved the focus on relationships between friends and siblings. It seemed very true to life. Will is a believable character and one that both boys and girls will relate to. I just re-read this for my teen book group. Still a great read; Will is a wonderful character, flaws and all. Sep 09, Spencer rated it liked it Shelves: childrens , She can be a bit of a nuisance. She's constantly messing with his things.

And throwing away the good candy. And screaming when he's playing chess specifically, so he can't concentrate. She wants to hang out with his friends. And ride his coolest skateboard. She's always breaking into his room and moving his things around. We watch Will get more and more frustrated with his sister. A A pretty cute story about an older brother who loathes his younger sister and, partly, for good reason. And, honestly, I was feeling second hand frustration at the things she would pull.

But, eventually, we get to see their relationship turn around. We get to see Will realize that he cares for her, even with her crazy nonsensical ways. Even with her annoyances. And it was a beautiful thing to watch; him starting to realize that maybe she wasn't all that bad.

Jan 13, Meg rated it really liked it. Spinelli is so unique and refreshing. I love when "kids" books tell "adult" stories. If you liked Stargirl, you'll love this. Poignant, refreshing, and full of character - which is saying something considering that the novel is short. Cute audiobook. Not something I'd want to sit and read, but it was nice to listen to while working Cute audiobook.

Not something I'd want to sit and read, but it was nice to listen to while working Oct 02, Grace O rated it liked it.

A feel-good book centered around the importance of family. Not my favorite, but it was nice to read. Feb 21, Marilyn rated it it was amazing Shelves: 5-stars , , read-in-china. Another home run for Jerry Spinelli. His characters are spot on. May 22, Janina Jammer rated it liked it. The novel Smiles To Go revolves around a melodramatic high school freshman named Will. One day, Will Tuppence finds out that protons can decay, which is a shock for him, because he thought they can live forever.

He is an easy going and spirited boy. Spinelli also touches on relationships between siblings. This book develops ideas about the importance of friendship, family, and a little bit about love. When Will sees what Mi-Su and BT did when they were admiring the stars, he turns into a raging and jealous person. Class Stuff: Grades: Middle School. Sometimes Will is a little too smart for his own good. BT is a lot like Maniac Magee, one of my favorites, with his legendary acts.

I read this before and was in tears with the Tabby stuff. Thank you, Mi-Su. Filed under Middle school , Realistic. Tagged as sibling drama , Spinelli. Pingback: A depressing personal post, bear with me. Class Bookworm. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Well, excellent question.

For now, I have about 4 more years of teaching left before I can retire. So, what we're going to continue to do is grow Book Smiles in really- a smart, methodical way in South Jersey. I don't want to get overwhelmed- I will not be overwhelmed. Teaching is my number one priority and Book Smiles is this wonderful unpaid, side hustle that I have and it's my pleasure.

It is my joy. By spreading the work out to other teachers who will also volunteer. But we've been eventually- we want books harvested in affluent districts to go to underserved districts and part of our numbers- we've already done that.

Kingsway Middle School down in Woolwich Township- over the past two years has harvested almost 10, books and just last summer- last June 9th- they were able to- five thousand of them transported to Glassboro which is a Title 1 school. I never touched the books.

It was just teachers getting their kids to sort and transport- and getting them transported to the underserved district where they had big book fairs. I'm trying something a little experimental.

I had no idea when I started this that I would become like a fundraiser and I have to do that. I constantly think well, what if my- the guy who's financing the book bank decides next year, I don't want to do this anymore.

This is thousands of dollars a year. Several thousands of dollars a year so, I become by default a fundraiser. You ask about moms and how they can help. Well one thing that these moms that you mentioned- have in common is that when they give birthday parties. We all do the same thing.

What does Johnny want? Well with the service, kids can choose to- I signed up for a subscription and this beautifully enables families to say look- how about this year let's not make it all about presents that you get, let's make it about people donating to Book Smiles? But with the really nice thing is that the service was able to divide the money- half goes to Book Smiles and half goes to a gift card for the child and then the parent and child can- then go maybe buy books with it or buy stuff with it that the kid wants.

I also want to transform birthday parties. So one of the things that I love to ask people as we wrap up our time together is about a book that influenced them as a reader or as a person and the reason that I ask about this book is that my belief in overcoming book deserts is a lot more than just flooding areas with books.

It takes creating cultures that embrace reading and you're constantly having conversations about reading life and reading culture. I'm right now reading the biography of Frederick Douglass and it just came out. He looked at books as something truly precious. If we can get books into those hands and homes, we can have more kids growing up to be like Frederick Douglass.

There is- continues to be an inequality in our country- in our wonderful country in so many ways and by enabling kind of book rich areas to get books into the hands of kids in underserved areas is- I think a beautiful thing- is transformational and that is where I'm at with reading. Well, the work that you're doing is truly transformational. You are showing how precious books are just as Frederick Douglass embraced. And I know that we would also need to give a shout out to the army of volunteers that helped the important work that you're doing with Book Smiles.

For more information about Book Smiles I know you've referenced your website, but we will also put it up on the End Book Deserts website along with some of the fabulous media coverage that you guys have been gathering over the years. I'm so excited to follow the work that you're doing and hear more about your new Book Smiles space that is taking the place of your garage. And we wish you all the best. And thank you for the work that you're doing.

Well, thank you so much. It has been a pleasure talking to you. Larry Abrams All right. Molly Ness So, who are you aiming now? Larry Abrams Well for about 2 years, I was running business out of my garage. Molly Ness And who comes to that book bank? Larry Abrams The book bank is a little over 1, square feet and we're getting actually set up for our grand opening on August 29th.

Molly Ness Well, I've been a classroom teacher and clearly you are still a classroom teacher. Larry Abrams It's an excellent question. Molly Ness So how long have you been running? Larry Abrams Well, we've been running in Lindenwold, New Jersey for I guess- technically three years, but I started doing this in Earnest two years ago when I decided to come up with our mascot Brooke, the book. Molly Ness And how do your kids and your families react to those pop-up book fairs?

Larry Abrams Oh my gosh. Molly Ness And my hunch is that you get a lot of great smiles from parents and fellow teachers and kids themselves. Molly Ness Where are you hoping to grow? Larry Abrams Well, excellent question.