Maniac Magee

 

Hi this is Lillie, I just Finished reading a book called Maniac Magee By Jerry Spinelli It's one of my dads favorite books and now its one of my favorites two.Here is what the back of the book Say'sHe wasn't born with the name Maniac Magee.He came into this world named Jeffery Lionel Magee, but when his parents died and his life changed, so did his Name. And Maniac Magee became a legend. Even today kids talk about how fast he could run; about how he hit an inside- the-park "Frog" homer; how no knot, no matter how snarled, wouldn't stay that way, once he began to untie it. Little girl's jumping rope chant:

"Ma-niac, Ma-niac

He's so cool

Ma-niac Ma-niac

Don't go to school

Runs all night

Runs all right 

Ma-niac, Ma-niac

Kissed a bull

But the thing that maniac Magee is best known for is what he did for the kids from the east side and those on the west side.

He was special all right, and this is his story, and its a story that is very careful not to let facts get mixed up with the truth.

I loved this book and want to own it now.

Part of the reason i like this book is because as i read the book i grew to like the characters from, Amanda who takes books with her every where (much like me:-) ) to Mars Bars the "Bad" kid in town. The book reminded me a lot of one of my favorite movies, The Sandlot.

Here is what I'd rate Maniac Magee

Age: 10 and up. My Dad read it to his Fifth grade class.

Good or Bad? Good it's a fast paced book and very funny. But it is also a hard book. Maniac Magee is homeless, so while its making you laugh it also shows you how hard life homeless can be.

Scary:1 nothing very scary. there are a few bullies and someone gets stuck on a train bridge but that's all.

Hard parts to look out for: Maniac Magee is homeless. His aunt and uncle fight, Someone he meets dies (I wont tell you who), He lives in a town where half the town is African American and the other half is Wight and they don't like each other.

It's a great book about a kid finding a home.

I hope you enjoy!

Lillie

P.S. To all the baseball fan's out there there is some baseball in the book!