Space Station Seventh Grade is a young adult novel by Jerry Spinelli, published in 1982;[1] it was his debut novel.

It was inspired by an odd event when one of his six children ate some fried chicken that he had been saving for the next day.

Seventh-grader Jason Herkimer narrates the events of his year, from school, hair, and pimples, to mothers, little brothers, and a girl.

It is a story about being true to yourself, the nostalgic recollection of adolescent years, and accepting change.

He is unafraid of basically anything, including walking around the dance floor primarily inhabited by intimidating ninth-graders.

Debbie Breen - A cheerleader, one of the most popular girls in school, and gorgeous.

She was Jason's original crush, but he lost interest in her after finding out that she had romantic feelings for another guy.

She knocks Jason over in a snowball fight and shoves snow in his face.

Jason gets suspended for skipping out on Marceline's trombone performance and is forced to apologize to her.