Library Card by Jerry Spinelli (1997)

Someone asked me go get a Spinelli book from our shelves and I just saw this and had to read it. I read a couple of Spinelli books before I started this blog, the one I remember is Maniac Magee, that got a Newberry medal. He definitely looks at the world from the not so rosy side of the tracks. The Library Card is actually four different stories, on how this magical library card made a difference in each of the kids lives. Mongoose was ready to get into a life of crime and dropping out of school, Brenda was addicted to TV, Sonseray lives in a car with his uncle, April works on a mushroom farm. Thoroughly enjoyable.