Sure, two hundred miles is a long way, especially on foot, but the year it took him to cover it was about fifty-one weeks more than he needed—figuring the way he could run….
After his parents die in a trolley accident and after living with his unhappy aunt and uncle for eight years, Jeffrey Lionel Magee decides to run— not just run away, but really truly run. And so the legend of Maniac Magee begins: a mythic and truth-filled story, full of astounding athletic feats, amazing accomplishments, and big changes in a racially-divided small town. Fifth graders are reading and completing astounding and amazing Reading Road Trip projects relating to this memorable 1991 Newbery Medal winner by one of Lafayette's favorite authors, Jerry Spinelli.
That's when the running started... and that's when a group of Reading Road Trippers got together and performed Running Song by Marci Ridlon:
Maniac Magee: Rap Poem
by Jane B. and Emily A.
Maniac Magee
has no family
He went to the Beales
and had really good meals
He ran away
night and day
Then he met Grayson
while he was racing
Soon Grayson died
and Maniac cried
Then he went to the McNabs
and they acted like crabs
Then he found Mrs. Bar
and he didn't go far
because he found a friend
around the bend
He went back to the Beales
and had more meals
He stayed there forever with his family
The Beales really loved Maniac Magee.
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| Maniac Magee Wordle |
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| Maniac Magee Cartoon by Liam D. |
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