And if they are 10 and under you would have to probabl Kid, 12 years old September 10, Love this book My fifth grade teacher read this book to us at the beginning of the year, that introduced me to my favorite author jerry Spinelli. This book is one of my top fi Kid, 9 years old May 4, A good story bad words and racism. I was assigned to read this book. The plot was interesting but i read this in 4th grade.
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The house is dirty and messy and has cockroaches crawling everywhere. Maniac performs "heroic feats," to persuade Piper and Russell to go to school. Piper and Russell dare Maniac to go to the East End they don't know he used to live there. Maniac uses the dare to get the boys to go to school.
A crowd gathers and they race. Maniac wins, beating Mars Bar and running the last few feet of the race backwards. Maniac regrets humiliating Mars Bar by running backwards; however, his actions cause Mars Bar to hate him an individual rather than white people in general. At the McNab house, the Cobras John McNab's group of friends are building what they call a "pillbox" in the middle of the living room.
The "pillbox" is a fortress to protect themselves against blacks. John envisions blacks from the East End attacking the West End all at once, probably in the summer. The idea of the fortress and the prejudicial attitude that prevails within the McNab household causes Maniac to feel dirty.
Maniac leaves the McNabs, choosing to sleep in the park. He could-n't stand what the McNabs were doing or the way they were thinking. Russell and Piper find him in the library and insist Maniac come to Piper's birthday party. Maniac agrees — as long as he can bring a friend.
His idea is to bring Mars Bar and his intention is to teach the McNabs that blacks are human beings just like themselves, and to teach Mars Bar the same thing about whites. They go to the Pickwells' house to eat, and Mars Bar is readily accepted by the entire family. Maniac has to drag Mars Bar out of the house to prevent a fight from erupting. Kid, 12 years old September 10, Love this book My fifth grade teacher read this book to us at the beginning of the year, that introduced me to my favorite author jerry Spinelli.
This book is one of my top five favorites, though it can be a bit intense I think you will enjoy it just like I did. This title contains: Educational Value. Positive Messages. Positive role models. This review Helped me decide. Had useful details 1. Read my mind 3. Report this review. Kid, 9 years old May 4, A good story bad words and racism.
I was assigned to read this book. The plot was interesting but i read this in 4th grade. I think it is for middle-scholars. Helped me decide 1. Read my mind. Teen, 15 years old Written by Aracely May 17, What I think about Maniac Magee What I think about the book Maniac Magee is that it's a book that really touches peoples hearts because the book starts off with tragic things happening to a boy under the age of 9 and it's really sad in my opinion to read or see these things happening to young kids.
This book is about a boy that feels lost and he just wants to be home he wants to feel safe and he wants to feel wanted and he feels as if its impossible to ever feel safe again after he lost both his parents and when he goes to live with his aunt and uncle who end up divorcing. This book really touches peoples hearts like I said because these are things that are very realistic that can happen to anyone and they could feel lonely and unwanted and this boy he runs whenever hes scared or unwanted so he runs a lot.
They should stay and face their problems because when you run from them they just keep coming up again and in the end they catch up to you no matter how fast you run, but when you stay and actually stay and face your problems and try and fix them they eventually go away. Witch is what this boy does he changes the way he handles things. And I think it's really good to try and handles things in different ways not stick to one way because it's most likely that the one way isn't exactly working out.
Witch is why I really like this book this boy changes the way he handles things because he doesn't want to feel lonely anymore he wants to feel home. Kid, 12 years old July 23, Good book, but what genre is it? I'm not sure if it's historical fiction or not Still, I'm most unhappy about the genre confusion.
Kid, 10 years old March 17, Kid, 11 years old April 19, The fact that the narrator interweaves the thoughts and feelings of the character into the story adds an omniscient element to the text. This point of view works well for the story because it allows the reader to analyze the characters and story independently without being swayed by the opinions of a first person narrator.
As the reader devours the text, he emotionally connects with the characters and rides an roller coaster of ups and downs with the characters. Maniac Magee primarily takes place in the town of Two Mills, Pennsylvania. Browse all BookRags Study Guides. Copyrights Maniac Magee from BookRags. All rights reserved. Toggle navigation.
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