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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. Jerry Spinelli - Wikipedia

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    Jerry Spinelli (born February 1, 1941) [1] is an American writer of children's novels that feature adolescence and early adulthood. His novels include Maniac Magee , [ 2 ] Stargirl , and Wringer . Biography

  4. 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.

  5. 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."

  6. Talk:Maniac Magee - Wikipedia

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    It states that "Jerry [Spinelli] was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He lived in a brick row house in a neighborhood that later became a model for Two Mills, the town in Maniac Magee." Hopefully this book will have another reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maniacmagee (talk • contribs) 15:09, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

  7. Category:Novels by Jerry Spinelli - Wikipedia

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  8. List of fictional towns in literature - Wikipedia

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    Jerry Spinelli: 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 ...

  9. Eggs (novel) - Wikipedia

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    [1] while Publishers Weekly saw that "In Spinelli's (Maniac Magee ) latest novel, the Newbery Medalist falls slightly short of the high standard he's set in some of his previous books." [2] Common Sense Media described it "By turns moving, magical, and startlingly original, this story gives readers plenty to chew on." [3]