Maniac Magee

Name: Maniac Magee
Author: Jerry Spinelli

by Jerry Spinelli

Orphan boy runs away and unites warring neighborhoods through kindness

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Jerry Spinelli

Jerry Spinelli is an American author whose novels capture the triumphs and indignities of middle school life with uncanny accuracy. Maniac Magee won the Newbery Medal and Stargirl became a cult classic for adolescent readers.

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