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- It follows the experiences of a twelve-year-old orphan-Jeffrey "Maniac" Magee-as he tries to find a home in the fictional town of Two Mills, Pennsylvania.
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Maniac Magee is a novel written by American author Jerry Spinelli and published in 1990. Exploring themes of racism and inequality, it follows the story of an orphan boy looking for a home in the fictional town of Two Mills. Two Mills is harshly segregated between the East and West, blacks and whites. He becomes a local legend for feats of ...
- Jerry Spinelli
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Spinelli took elements of Maniac Magee from so many sources—ranging from a photograph to a newspaper column to his own childhood experiences—that in a 1991 piece for The Reading Teacher he described the book’s inspiration as “a patchwork quilt” that would “cover about a half-acre.” In 2015, Spinelli told Publishers Weekly that one key component of ...
Spinelli’s fifth novel, 1988’s Dump Days, includesa blink-and-you-miss-it, one-sentence reference to Maniac Magee, describing him as “an orphan sort of kid, who sleeps at the bandshell.”
In 1993, Elijah Wood, who was 12 years old at the time, expressed interest in playing Maniac Magee in a big-screen adaptation. Wood’s representatives reportedly secured film rights on the young actor’s behalf, but the project never got off the ground. Ten years later, a Maniac Magee movie hit the small screen courtesy of Nickelodeon and A Christmas...
Jeffrey Lionel Magee, who is affectionately referred to as Maniac Magee, is a legend throughout the racially divided town of Two Mills, Pennsylvania. Maniac Magee is a wandering orphan...
It’s hard to know what’s true and what’s myth about Maniac Magee. They say he was born in a dump, led a pet cockroach on a string, and would lose his mythical speed if he ran over salt. Finsterwald is now gone, but the band shell is still there, and so is Cobble’s Corner.
Jeffrey Magee’s “maniac” status revolves around the fact that, though he looks unremarkable and even “scraggly,” he does things nobody in the town thinks is possible—he makes improbable sports plays, rescues kids who’ve been abandoned as a lost cause, and matter-of-factly confronts bullies.
Historical Context of Maniac Magee. Although it’s never stated exactly when the story takes place—which is part of the setting’s legendary feel—Spinelli has stated that the story draws from elements of his childhood in a small Pennsylvania town in the 1950s.
May 12, 2021 · On this episode, Jennie and Marcy talk about the 1991 Newbery winner, Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. From the episode: Jennie: I think you’re hitting on something really important, the idea of not everything’s for white people to take.
