Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli · first published 1990
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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 eight years, he decides to run--and not just run away, but run. This is where the myth of Maniac Magee begins, as he changes the lives of a racially divided small town with his amazing and legendary feats.
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on “The original “Bambi”” ↗I keep thinking of Maniac Magee and reading it as a child and thinking then that Jerry Spinelli was describing ancient history that we’d never see again.
on “The Boogaloo: when does a meme become a terrorist movement?” ↗…with different editions (different art, copyright, etc) that have the same ISBN number. I've since removed most duplicate books from my collection, but I had found a bunch when I last sorted my books; Maniac Magee is the only one I can remember by title. More annoying was the book with a CD attached to the front, that caused the finish to peel off when the CD was removed (the CD contained a non-working installer…
on “Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys” ↗…after birth'). Number the Stars, again a Newbery winner, dealing with escaping genocide. The Slave Dancer - guess that topic? Summer of the Swans, with a mentally disabled sibling? Shiloh - animal abuse. Maniac Magee - racism. And they've always been being banned for these things. And these are just from the <100 Newbery winners.
on “Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship” ↗Let's be real. They're probably fine with Maniac Magee not being banned. Thats the only book I've read out of the ones that you shared. Interestingly, that was the book my 3rd grade teacher decided to read aloud during storytime. When I read it again as…
on “Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship” ↗