Book description
A Newbery Medal winning modern classic about a racially divided small town and a boy who simply wants to run.
Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadn't made him an orphan.
After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for…
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1 author picked Maniac Magee as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
What stayed with me all these years about Maniac Magee was the connection between the boy and me.
I remember how he was treated differently by the people around him because of race, while he seemed just as confused about it as I was. I grew up around racism even when I was little, but never understood all the hate. I was like others afraid of what I didn't know, but i never understood why someone was treated different just by their skin color. In a sense, I felt I could relate to the little boy.
Even after forgetting the…
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