Maniac Magee

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Maniac Magee

• Jeffery Magee
• Was born in
• Hollidaysburg
• Pennsylvania.

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• One day his parents were killed in a trolley
  crash. Maniac was sent to live with his Aunt Dot
  and Uncle Dan.

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• His aunt and uncle hated each other and never
  talked. One day Maniac couldnt take it any more,
  so he ran away. He ran and ran for 1 year until
  he stopped in Two Mills PA.

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• In Two Mills he met some interesting people.
• First he met a black girl named Amanda Beale.

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• Amanda carried all her books in a suitcase to
  keep her little brother and sister, Lester
  Hester from drawing in them. Her parents and dog
  Bow Wow all lived on Sycamore Street on the east
  side of town,

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• He stayed with the Beales until an old man
  pointed out that he wasnt an east ender because
  he was white. He started staying in the animal
  pens at the zoo.

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• He also met.
• Bully John McNab. A big kid with a mean baseball
  pitching arm.
• Hands Down a football player from the east end.

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• The Pickwells- A family of 12 that always took in
  anybody who needed a meal.
• Grayson a park attendant who becomes his good
  friend.