Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

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Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a trolley accident hadn't made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years, he decides to run-and not just run away, but run. And this is where the myth of Maniac Magee begins, as he... read more

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Summary

It's about a boy named Jeffrey Magee. Jeffrey soons sees that he is not happy with his life, so he statrs running. He keeps running until people have given him a nickname:Maniac, He still runs all the way to West End, where everyone that lives there is black, not white where he used to... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Cast of Characters/Important People

Grayson: An old white man that failed at his dream of becoming a proffesional baseball player in the MLB. He helps Maniac along his journey.
Amanda Beale: A black girl that gives Maniac a home when he had nowhere else to go.
John McNab: A black senior football player that respects Maniac because of his great arm.
Jeffrey Lionel Magee: The main character!
Russell: Add a description of this character.
Lester: Amanda Beale's youger brother. Loves to take baths with Maniac.
Hester: Amanda Beale's younger sister. Loves to take baths with Maniac.

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Memorable Quotes

“And if you want to know what it was like back when Maniac Magee roamed these parts, well, just run your hand under your movie seat and be very, very careful not to let the facts get mixed up with the truth”
“He kept looking and looking, and the colors he found were gingersnap and light fudge and dark fudge and acorn and butter rum and cinnamon and burnt orange”
“He juked and jived and spun and danced and darted, and he left them squeezing handfuls of air”
“If you listen to everybody who claims to have seen Jeffrey-Maniac Magee that first day, there must have been ten thousand people and a parade of fire trucks waiting for him at the town limits”
“The history of a kid is one part fact, two parts legend, and three parts snowball”