When Jeffrey Lionel Magee, a scruffy 12-year-old kid, wanders into Two Mills, Pennsylvania, a legend is in the making.
Maniac Magee
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 3 - 7 | Grades 3 - 8 | W | 4.7 | 35427 |
Hardcover, 192 pages
Published on March 1, 1993 by Collins Educational
ISBN-10: 0003303063
ISBN-13: 9780003303063
115 Book Reviews
IN LOVE WITH THIS BOOK. So suspenseful and intriguing. It really tugged at my heartstrings too.- hi_98over 1 yearThis book is a remarkable book and i would love to read it again
I highly recommend this book! It is funny, moving, and cool! This book is about Jeffery Magee, who's parents died on a trolley, so he was sent to his boring aunt and uncle. He ran away 8 years later, and did many incredible things that no one has ever did! Read this awesome book!
Parents need to know that Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee is an exciting, moving, and sometimes funny story, brilliantly told, about an orphan boy who runs away from his feuding aunt and uncle at age 8 and makes a name (and legend) for himself in a racially divided town. It won the 1991 Newbery Medal and remains a vital, relevant classic. Several racial standoffs are chilling. Some kids smoke and drink. One man dies. And there are references to Maniac's parents dying in an accident when he was an infant.
little_angel727over 1 yearThis review deserve an editor's pick!
- Tsunami almost 3 yearsAbsorbing novel so real and emotional
- crazy girlabout 3 yearsThis book was one of my faviorite books and i would surely recomend
This book is about a boy named Jeffrey Magee. He is very brave and fearless and has lots of energy, and loves to run. His parents died, so he’s an orphan. He then lives in many different places. One of those places is with the Beale family. He enjoys being with them, until he decides to leave. He meets a black boy named “Mars Bar,” and they are enemies at first, but things change that later. He also meets a man named Grayson, who became very important to Maniac. This book really deals with race, and how things were very divided. The town was split into two sides: East, where the white people lived, and the West side, where the black people lived. This book is sad in some parts, and very happy in others. The book is a good influence because Maniac didn’t look at other people’s skin color.
sweetoothover 3 yearsReally excited to read this book😃- mealmost 4 yearsManiac Magee by Jerry Spinelli was great book. I liked this book because the A book was ripped into pieces and use as confetti. I like Amanda.
- jellyalmost 4 yearsManiac Magee by Jerry Spinelli was awesome. Jeffrey Lionel Magee's. parents die in a trolley accident. Maniac likes to run in the morning. Also he makes friends along the way so you should read this book.
