Maniac Magee
by: Jerry Spinelli
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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 Review:
Maniac Magee is a folk story about a boy, a very excitable boy. Onethat can outrun dogs, hit a home run off the best pitcher in theneighborhood, tie a knot no one can undo. "Kid's gotta be a maniac," is whatthe folks in Two Mills say. It's also the story of how this boy, JeffreyLionel "Maniac" Magee, confronts racism in a small town, tries to find a homewhere there is none and attempts to soothe tensions between rival factions onthe tough side of town. Presented as a folk tale, it's the stuff ofstorytelling. "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 offun. Maniac Magee won the 1991 Newbery Medal.
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 Review:
Maniac Magee is a folk story about a boy, a very excitable boy. Onethat can outrun dogs, hit a home run off the best pitcher in theneighborhood, tie a knot no one can undo. "Kid's gotta be a maniac," is whatthe folks in Two Mills say. It's also the story of how this boy, JeffreyLionel "Maniac" Magee, confronts racism in a small town, tries to find a homewhere there is none and attempts to soothe tensions between rival factions onthe tough side of town. Presented as a folk tale, it's the stuff ofstorytelling. "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 offun. Maniac Magee won the 1991 Newbery Medal.
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- Maniac Magee great book!
Maniac Magee is a wonderful book for any child to read. I read this bbok for me Children's Literature class and I could barely put it down. I found the development of the characters to be wonderful. Without a doubt I loved Amanda Beale, she was my favorite character and was definitely a spitfire. I would recommend that this book be used in intermediate grades. It is age appropriate for fifth grade and up.
Rating: - Great condition!
I am very happy with the condition of the book I have ordered through Amazon. Maniac Magee was one of the better books I have read to my family in a while, I look forward to ordering more through Amazon.
Brenda Olson
Rating: - Maniac Magee
Good selection for 10-14 year olds. Provokes discussions on orphans- prejudism-segregation and homelessness. Keeps the adolescent reader interested.
Rating: - Timeless mix of tall-tale and heart
I've been passionately in love with this book since the 4th grade. I think it is one of the best children's books ever written, in the many themes it explores.
Heck, you have to give the author credit for writing such an ordinary story in a style usually reserved for legends. For that's what this becomes, an urban legend, a tall tale, of a boy who is simply an ordinary boy. It's real and touching even as it goes over the line to the roll-your-eyes fantastic.
Even as Maniac ... Read More
Rating: - Maniac Magee
Jeffery Magee is a twelve-year-old kid who's parents died in the famous P&W trolley crash. His aunt and Uncle can't agree on anything, not even Jeffery. When they come to the school choir concert they sit on opposite sides of the bleachers, at the end of the song Jeffery is screaming for them to talk. Then he starts running, away from school, away from his aunt and uncle, away from Holidaysburg. Into Two Mills.
Upon arriving in Two Mills Jeffery gets himself into the furious fight between ... Read More
- Maniac Magee great book!Maniac Magee is a wonderful book for any child to read. I read this bbok for me Children's Literature class and I could barely put it down. I found the development of the characters to be wonderful. Without a doubt I loved Amanda Beale, she was my favorite character and was definitely a spitfire. I would recommend that this book be used in intermediate grades. It is age appropriate for fifth grade and up.
- Great condition!I am very happy with the condition of the book I have ordered through Amazon. Maniac Magee was one of the better books I have read to my family in a while, I look forward to ordering more through Amazon.
Brenda Olson
- Maniac MageeGood selection for 10-14 year olds. Provokes discussions on orphans- prejudism-segregation and homelessness. Keeps the adolescent reader interested.
- Timeless mix of tall-tale and heartI've been passionately in love with this book since the 4th grade. I think it is one of the best children's books ever written, in the many themes it explores.
Heck, you have to give the author credit for writing such an ordinary story in a style usually reserved for legends. For that's what this becomes, an urban legend, a tall tale, of a boy who is simply an ordinary boy. It's real and touching even as it goes over the line to the roll-your-eyes fantastic.
Even as Maniac ... Read More
- Maniac MageeJeffery Magee is a twelve-year-old kid who's parents died in the famous P&W trolley crash. His aunt and Uncle can't agree on anything, not even Jeffery. When they come to the school choir concert they sit on opposite sides of the bleachers, at the end of the song Jeffery is screaming for them to talk. Then he starts running, away from school, away from his aunt and uncle, away from Holidaysburg. Into Two Mills.
Upon arriving in Two Mills Jeffery gets himself into the furious fight between ... Read More
