Maniac Magee

Jerry Spinelli


They say Maniac Magee was born in a dump. They say his stomach was a cereal box and his heart a sofa spring.

They say he kept an eight-inch cockroach on a leash and that rats stood guard over him while he slept.

They say if you knew he was coming and you sprinkled salt on the ground and he ran over it, within two or three blocks he would be as slow as everybody else.

They say.

1991 Newbery Honor Books:

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Avi)


Last updated: December 2003

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