Monday with a Mad Genius vs Wringer: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Monday with a Mad Genius Monday with a Mad Genius Mary Pope Osborne · 2007 ★★★★☆ 4.3 120 pages · ≈ 2 h 13 m · Light

Jack and Annie travel 500 years back in time to Florence, Italy, and spend a day helping Leonardo da Vinci in the hope of learning another secret of happiness.

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Cover of Wringer Wringer Jerry Spinelli · 1997 ★★★★☆ 3.9 228 pages · ≈ 4 h 13 m · Light

As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it.

1★2★3★4★5★

The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Monday with a Mad GeniusWringer
Hardcover 3.8 (5) 3.7 (24)
Google Books — 4.5 (5)
Apple Books 4.5 (94) —

Reception

Monday with a Mad GeniusWringer
Ratings 94 24
Editions 14 34
Film adaptations — 1
Wikipedia attention 19585 919
Pages 120 228

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