Wringer

__Wringer__ by Jerry Spinelli

The book, Wringer, is about a boy named Palmer. Palmer is turning nine. It is a huge event in his life because he gets the treatment to become a wringer. The treatment is when Farquar, the boy who gives the treatments, punches him nine times between the elbow and shoulder. Palmer doesn't want to become a wringer though but he thinks he has no choice. Dorothy Gruzik,his friend, was getting upset with Palmer because he was hanging out with Beans and ignoring her. But he is trying to make it up to her. Will Palmer be able to keep his friends and still not become a wringer?