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Summary: Maniac Magee- Jessica
Review: Have you've ever known a boy who ran away from home and survived? Well, if you want to know what fantastic book it is. It's Maniac Magee. It's a fiction story written by Jerry Spinelli. The setting of this book is a little town called Two Mills. The main characters are Amanda who is black, and Maniac, Mars Bar, and John McNab who are white. In this story Maniac tries to get the people he loves to be friends. Since his parents died in a trolley wreck, he is trying to find a family to stay with. If you're looking for more fantastic books by Jerry Spinelli here are a couple of these books: Dump Days, Space Station Seventh Grade, and Night of the Whale. I would encourage other people to read this book and other books by Jerry Spinelli because he writes strong, powerful, and a little over exaggerated books. But hey that's what fun is all about! So if you get a chance to read this book Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli, take that chance.
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Summary: Maniac Magee - Jennifer
Review: Looking for a good book? Try Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. It's about a fictional character that gets the name Maniac because he is fearless. While he is there, he discovers racism. Two Mills separates blacks from whites. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes fiction. And if you're not interested in this book try Night of the Whale or There's A Girl in My Hammerlock also by Jerry Spinelli.
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Summary: Best book ever:-).
Review: Maniac Magee was awesome.Maniac Magee is a normal kid whose parents have died. He has to live with his aunt and uncle who hate each other.He runs away and lives with a girl named Amanda Beale and her family.The rest of the story is about Maniac and the amazing feats he performs. Maniac Magee is a caring, loving, and warm-hearted character. This book is adventurous and I really enjoyed reading it. If you want to read books that do have happy endings, I would recommend this book. I recommend this book to anyone who is 9 to 90 years old.
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Summary: Only a "Maniac" wouldn't LOVE this book!
Review: Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli is an excellent book. Not only is it meaningful to the reader, it gets the reader so enthralled that it creates a feeling like you are actually living through the story with the characters. The adjectives and descriptions used by the writer create such vivid pictures for the reader that you can't help but feel like you are actually experiencing what you are reading. Other than that, the characters are unique and the tone facilitates suspension of disbelief. The writing style includes varied sentence structure and the point of view presented is incredibly interesting. I enjoyed the approach to the issues of race and the way that they evoked emotion from the reader.
The book is about a young boy who comes to be called Maniac, many people think he is a legend because of the amazing things he accomplishes as a young child. It is said that he ran away from home and travelled around, running everywhere he went. Throughout the book Maniac encounters many obstacles, and in the end unites the black and white communities of the town and he eventually finds a place there that he can call home.
I recommend this to readers who enjoy books that are lighthearted and fun, but also will teach you important life lessons. If you are young or not I believe that you would enjoy this book. I personally related it to my own life, since I knew of the locations that were talked about in the book, although I am not from there, it is close eneough to me that I could have actually visited there, which made it all the more real. This would be an excellent book to use in a classroom as a teaching tool relating to racism and stereotypes. As the main theme, it is pretty serious, but not overwhelmingly deep, it is presented in an excellent manner that is easily related to readers of any age. Although the book is sad at parts, it is so involving that it's a garaunteed quick read.
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Summary: Review of Maniac Magee
Review: Review of Maniac Magee
By: Clay I thought that the novel Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli was an excellent novel. The novel kept me interested the whole way through. I could really picture the two different sections of town and Maniac himself. I could picture the two ends of town because it reminded me of a town where I'm from. The town is divided but not by black and white, but by a bad end and a good end. I could also tell who Maniac was as a person because of the dialogue that he used in the novel. When Maniac told Amanda "I'll bring it back. Honest! If it's the last thing I do. What's your address?" I knew that Maniac was being honest and was going to return the book. You can also tell that Maniac is a really unique kid. He's unique because of all the stuff he can do, he can run really fast, catch a football with one hand, hit Giant John's fastball, and many other amazing things. I also liked how the novel shows Maniac's point of view toward racism and the differences between the East End and West End of town. The book shows that Maniac saw both sides of the town as being equal by having him live in each end and having him go from end to end with out having any care or hatred toward either side.
I would recommend this book to someone who likes novels with a lot of action in it. Maniac is always doing something that is exciting and amazing throughout the novel. I also would recommend this book to someone who wants to gather information about racism and separatism in a unique way. This novel gives the reader a view from both sides of the racism spectrum with the east enders and the west enders. It also gives a neutral position on the subject through Maniac's eyes. Overall I thought this novel was an excellent novel and I enjoyed reading it and learning from it very much.
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Summary: "Maniac McGee" Jerry Spinelli
Review: Jerry Spinelli vividly describes the life of an adventurous young run away. The feats that Maniac achieves lead the people in the community to call him a hero. Even though Maniac does not have a normal, practical family, many people care about him. Not only do they allow him to stay in their homes, but they worry about him when he is gone. Jerry Spinelli creates a tale that will captivate young readers and keep them reading to discover what will happen. Young readers will be able to relate to the adventures Maniac gets into and they will learn a lesson of bravery and trust.
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Summary: Good Book!
Review: This is an adventurous and exciting story about a boy named Jeffery Magee. Jeffery Magee earned the nickname Maniac Magee baecause of all his adventures and his mysteriousness to the other children. He was always on the run. When he was a little boy, his parents both died and he was sent to live with his aunt and uncle. However, they were not happy people at all and made a dreadful life for Maniac. So one day, he started running. He didn't know where he was going, Maniac just wanted to get away. So he ran and ran and ended up in the Norristown area of Pennsylvania. The book goes on to tell of his many adventures. Maniac lived in a zoo for awhile, wrestled the biggest knot in the world, and much more!
I liked this book alot! It was a nice easy read (suitable for upper elementary), and the adventure and excitement never stopped! I was always wondering what Maniac was going to do next! I especially enjoyed how Jerry Spinelli creatively weaved in a theme of equality for all persons; No mater what your skin color, a person is a person, color is of no importance, we are all equal.
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Summary: student
Review: Maniac Magee is a fantastic book. It is about a kid who runs away from his aunt and uncle. He finds himself in a town with a lot of racism. On the east side,there's Mars Bars and the blacks. Mars Bars is a bully. On the west side, there's John McNabb and the whites and John McNabb is the leader of the gang the Cobras. Maniac also meets some nice people like Amanda Beale and her mother Mrs. beale. Theres also Grayson who cares for Maniac alot like the Beales.I recomend this book to 11-13 year olds.
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Summary: Maniac Magge
Review: maniac magge is an extordanairy, one of a kind book. maniac magge is a bout a young boy whos parents die in a trieble train accident, and is later forced to move to his aunts and uncles house. after maniac gets feed up with his aunt's and uncle's argueing he later runs away to two mills. there he makes a good friend amanda beale, he borrows a book from her and later one day comes back to return it, and stays for a little visit. then when mr.beale is going to drop maniac off. He finds out he dosen't have a home and then ends up staying with the beales. after living with the beales for a while something bad happen's and manaic leaves. not wanting to cause any more harm to the beales. In the time away from the beales maniac stays at a lot of places. the Zoo, an old man grayson who later passes away, and the mcnabs. later when its pipers(one of the mcnab kids) birthdays. manic is invited and he bring his kid rival mars bars. later all the kids made fun of mars bars then him, and maniac leave. the point of bring mars bars was to prove that blacks and whites are the same. maniac then spends a nite at the zoo. in the morning while manaic goes for a jog he notice that mars was followin him even to the tresle where his parents died. then manaic notices that russle (one of the mcnab boys) is frozen on the rail road tracks. will russle be ok, is manaic going to stay at the zoo. I think this book is a great book, i would recomend it to 7 and up . the life lesson in this book is u dont no what yuo had until you lost it.
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Summary: Maniac Magee Review
Review: As a newberry-medal-winning novel by Jerry Spinelli, Manic Magee is an extraordinary book. The book is about a boy named Jeffery Lionel Magee who ends up parentless from a trolley accident. He then goes to live with his aunt and uncle, until he runs away from the fueding between the two strict catholics. He finds himself in Two Mills, the town seperated by skin color. He discovers his home with the Beales', and notices the hatred between the "Blacks" of East End, and the "Whites" of West End. He lives the pain of death, the lonliness of homelessness, and the confusion of racism. Definetly one you should read...
On a Five-Star Scale, I would give this book a 4.25. some parts are just too tedious for my style... speaking of style, it seems different in this book than in other books by Spinelli, like "who put that hair on my toothbrush". I don't remember so many personification, which I personally don't mind, but this is just too much, and it isn't as entertaining. I would recommend this one to anyone though...
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