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  2. Maniac Magee - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of Dungeons & Dragons rulebooks - Wikipedia

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    Presents information for characters from levels 26 thought 36. It introduces the mystic class (similar to the modern monk class), adds spells, adds to the available range of attack ranks that are meant for demihuman characters, and provides rules for weapons mastery. Included a 32-page Master Player's Book and a 64-page Master DM's Book. TSR 1021

  4. Character class (Dungeons & Dragons) - Wikipedia

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    A character class is a fundamental part of the identity and nature of characters in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.A character's capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses are largely defined by their class; choosing a class is one of the first steps a player takes to create a Dungeons & Dragons player character. [1]

  5. Wizard (Dungeons & Dragons) - Wikipedia

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    The Magic-User class was inspired by the spell-casting magicians common in folklore and modern fantasy literature, particularly as portrayed in Jack Vance's The Dying Earth short stories, and John Bellairs's novel The Face in the Frost. Gandalf and Saruman from Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Merlin of King Arthur fame also influenced this ...

  6. List of fictional towns in literature - Wikipedia

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    Maniac Magee: Magee runs around and lives in a couple parts of this racially divided town. Tylerton Frederik Pohl: The Tunnel under the World: U ; Ulthar: H.P. Lovecraft: The Cats of Ulthar: Unthank Alasdair Gray: A Life in Four Books: Utopia: Thomas More: Utopia (book) the 1516 book The book coined the term "Utopia", meaning an ideal city or ...

  7. Wringer (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Wringer was praised by critics for its ability to address deep issues for middle schoolers, as did its precursor, Maniac Magee.In a School Library Journal review of Wringer, Tim Rausch cited the novel for "Humor, suspense, a bird with a personality, and a moral dilemma familiar to everyone," characters who are "memorable, convincing, and both endearing and villainous," and a "riveting plot."

  8. Elf (Dungeons & Dragons) - Wikipedia

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    In subsequent revisions, in order to streamline the game, the non-humans (including the elf) were presented as distinct classes. The elf class is often seen as a blend of the fighter and magic-user classes. The Shadow elf appears as a character race in GAZ13 The Shadow Elves published by TSR in 1990 as a 64-page booklet and a 32-page booklet.

  9. Maniac Magee (film) - Wikipedia

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    Maniac Magee is a television film made for the Nickelodeon network, based on the novel of the same name by Jerry Spinelli. [1] The story follows twelve-year-old Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee, an orphaned runaway with many extraordinary and athletic talents, who arrives in a town divided with racial conflict.