Loser by Jerry Spinelli. It's a children's book, of course. But hey, I stopped apologizing for loving children's lit long ago. Loser is one of those books I sometimes read that stirs the writing beast in me. Reading it makes me desperately love writing, and yet loathe it at the same time. I wish I wrote this book. But...somebody else did, and that sucks.
It's about an odd little boy who doesn't realize he's different, although everyone else does. He's an outcast who doesn't know...yet. His time is coming, though.
I love stories about underdogs. They make the best characters.
This is my favorite book. Oh, wait, I say that about every book I read.
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