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Binding: PaperbackBrand: INGRAM BOOK & DISTRIBUTOR EAN: 9780316809061 ISBN: 0316809063 Label: Little, Brown Young Readers Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers MPN: ING0316809063 Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 180 Publication Date: November 01, 1999 Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Studio: Little, Brown Young Readers Features:
Editorial Review: Product Description: After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary as he accomplishes athletic feats and other extraordinary exploits that awe his contemporaries. Paperback. Amazon.com Review: Maniac Magee is a folk story about a boy, a very excitable boy. One that can outrun dogs, hit a home run off the best pitcher in the neighborhood, tie a knot no one can undo. "Kid's gotta be a maniac," is what the folks in Two Mills say. It's also the story of how this boy, Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee, confronts racism in a small town, tries to find a home where there is none and attempts to soothe tensions between rival factions on the tough side of town. Presented as a folk tale, it's the stuff of storytelling. "The history of a kid," says Jerry Spinelli, "is one part fact, two parts legend, and three parts snowball." And for this kid, four parts of fun. Maniac Magee won the 1991 Newbery Medal. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Timeless mix of tall-tale and heartI've been passionately in love with this book since the 4th grade. I think it is one of the best children's books ever written, in the many themes it explores. Heck, you have to give the author credit for writing such an ordinary story in a style usually reserved for legends. For that's what this becomes, an urban legend, a tall tale, of a boy who is simply an ordinary boy. It's real and touching even as it goes over the line to the roll-your-eyes fantastic. Even as Maniac ... Read More Rating: - Maniac MageeJeffery Magee is a twelve-year-old kid who's parents died in the famous P&W trolley crash. His aunt and Uncle can't agree on anything, not even Jeffery. When they come to the school choir concert they sit on opposite sides of the bleachers, at the end of the song Jeffery is screaming for them to talk. Then he starts running, away from school, away from his aunt and uncle, away from Holidaysburg. Into Two Mills. Upon arriving in Two Mills Jeffery gets himself into the furious fight between ... Read More Rating: - A Classic, Worthy of RecognitionI picked up this book back in 3rd grade, and it was the first book that got me in trouble for reading in class. I couldn't put it down. I must have read it once every six months back in elementary school. The story is great, the characters lovable...but the main draw is the ease to identify with the protagonist. Every kid wants to be, or has felt like, Maniac Magee. I especially recommend this to kids with divorced or deceased parents. When I was little, this book inspired me, and I just know ... Read More Rating: - Maniac MageeAs with any book, there are people that LOVE this book and people who hate this book. Teachers are often critized for assigning books because they are on "some list" instead of assigning books students will actually read. I am a teacher. Let me assure you, that at least in my case, I did not choose to assign this book becuase it was on a list or it won an award. In fact I read this book after a student suggested I read it [I have a section where students can recommend books to other]. After reading the book, ... Read More Rating: - Maniacs are good friendsAfter reading Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli, I have learned a lot about what it takes to be a good friend. I thought I had good friends before I read it. Friends are supposed to be people you can laugh with, remember forever, and trust enough to ask for a payday loan without any threat of interest. Spinelli produced in Jeffrey Magee a completely different kind of friend. Maniac, as he came to be known by other characters in the book was homeless, needy, untrusting of most others, independent, ... Read More |
