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Maniac Magee
by: Jerry Spinelli

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Binding: Paperback
Brand: INGRAM BOOK & DISTRIBUTOR
EAN: 9780316809061
ISBN: 0316809063
Label: Little, Brown Young Readers
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 180
Publication Date: November 01, 1999
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Sales Rank: 1538
Studio: Little, Brown Young Readers

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After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary as he accomplishes athletic feats and other extraordinary exploits that awe his contemporaries. Paperback.

Amazon.com:
Maniac Magee is a folk story about a boy, a very excitable boy. One that can outrun dogs, hit a home run off the best pitcher in the neighborhood, tie a knot no one can undo. 'Kid's gotta be a maniac,' is what the folks in Two Mills say. It's also the story of how this boy, Jeffrey Lionel 'Maniac' Magee, confronts racism in a small town, tries to find a home where there is none and attempts to soothe tensions between rival factions on the tough side of town. Presented as a folk tale, it's the stuff of storytelling. 'The history of a kid,' says Jerry Spinelli, 'is one part fact, two parts legend, and three parts snowball.' And for this kid, four parts of fun. Maniac Magee won the 1991 Newbery Medal.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- A Classic, Worthy of Recognition
I picked up this book back in 3rd grade, and it was the first book that got me in trouble for reading in class. I couldn't put it down. I must have read it once every six months back in elementary school. The story is great, the characters lovable...but the main draw is the ease to identify with the protagonist.

Every kid wants to be, or has felt like, Maniac Magee. I especially recommend this to kids with divorced or deceased parents. When I was little, this book inspired me, and I just know it will inspire generations to come.

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- Maniac Magee
As with any book, there are people that LOVE this book and people who hate this book. Teachers are often critized for assigning books because they are on "some list" instead of assigning books students will actually read. I am a teacher. Let me assure you, that at least in my case, I did not choose to assign this book becuase it was on a list or it won an award. In fact I read this book after a student suggested I read it [I have a section where students can recommend books to other]. After reading the book, noticing it's content and genre I started asking around. I found that many 5th and 6th graders liked this book. This is what started our teachers to consider this book as assigned reading - not because it ended up on a list.

Critiques made by others:

1. Confusion

Some students have difficulty undertanding parts of the book. The book is very detailed which has different effects ... Read More

Rating:

- Maniacs are good friends
After reading Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli, I have learned a lot about what it takes to be a good friend. I thought I had good friends before I read it. Friends are supposed to be people you can laugh with, remember forever, and trust enough to ask for a payday loan without any threat of interest. Spinelli produced in Jeffrey Magee a completely different kind of friend.
Maniac, as he came to be known by other characters in the book was homeless, needy, untrusting of most others, independent, and reclusive. He preferred running through town and sleeping with animals at the zoo to staying with his stiff, staunch, and insensitive foster parents. When he does run away, he finds himself in the same town his parents died. He discovers there the racial hate, socio-economic oppression, and disbelief in people he thought he had run away from. But he also discovered that the people there revered him as a legend. ... Read More

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- Run to this Book!
Run to this Book!

The Best of Juvenile Fiction

The story of Maniac Magee is a folk tale for today's kids. Jeffrey
Lionel Magee--known as Maniac Magee--runs away from home. His parents
died while he was only a baby and he had been living with his aunt and
uncle. One day when he couldn't deal with his caretakers any more, he
ran away from home and just kept running. That is where the legend of
Maniac Magee begins.

Maniac is a true folk hero, right up there with John Henry, Davy
Crocket, and Johnny Appleseed. Jerry Spinelli writes at the beginning
of the book, "The history of a kid is one part fact, two parts legend,
and three parts snowball." All through the book, the reader has to
figure out which parts of Maniac's story are fact and which parts are
legend.

The first day Maniac arrives in town, he runs into Amanda on ... Read More

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