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Maniac Magee Study Guide
Home Is Where the Heart Goes
Before he was “Maniac” Magee, he was Jeffery Lionel Magee. At three years old, Jeffrey lost
both of his parents in a trolley train crash and was sent to live with relatives. That’s where his
problems began, but trouble followed Maniac for a very long time. It followed him all the way
to Two Mills, a hundred miles away from where he started when he ran away from home.
Fortunately, Maniac has developed some mad skills—and plenty of smarts, too—in his short
life. He may just be able to find somewhere to belong, forever and for real.
Be a Better Reader
As you work on the study guide for Maniac Magee, you’ll also practice these skills, which will
help you when you read other novels, for school assignments or just for fun.
1. Identify the conflicts in a novel, and watch how they are worked out by the end.
2. Describe the main characters in a novel, based on clues the author provides.
4. Identify the themes in a novel.
5. Explain how a novel’s conflicts, events, characters, and settings relate to its themes.
Behind the Scenes
Maniac Magee is a book about a boy and his struggle to belong somewhere, but it’s also a
much bigger story. That’s because Maniac’s adventures happen in Two Mills, a town that—like
many in the United States—is divided by race. The town’s black families live on the East End of
Two Mills, and the town’s white families live on the West End.
When Maniac arrives in Two Mills, he’s not sure where he belongs. He doesn’t understand why
the town is divided up like it is—he just wants a place to call home. The first place he tries
settling is the East End, and that causes some problems that it takes Maniac a while to see.
Then he tries the West End, but there are plenty of problems there too. Because he knows both
neighborhoods really well, Maniac has a chance to change things in Two Mills, at least a little,
and at least for a while.
Get This!
The first book that Maniac borrows from Amanda Beale is about a Children’s Crusade, which is
the name of two actual historical events. The first Children’s Crusade happened in the year
1212 and was part of an effort by Christians to make Muslims leave Europe. Unlike most
Crusades of this time, this one was carried out by children instead of grown men. The Children’s
Crusade of 1963 was part of the American Civil Rights Movement and had a very different
purpose. Schoolchildren in Birmingham, Alabama (mostly from black neighborhoods like East
End) left their schools and marched downtown to demand the mayor end segregation—the
separation of neighborhoods, schools, and businesses by race.
Maniac Magee Study Guide
The Characters
The way the narrator tells Maniac’s story is a little unusual. Throughout most of the novel’s first
section (Part 1), you learn many facts and theories about Maniac himself and his first days in
the East End of Two Mills, including how he got the nickname Maniac. As you read the first
eight chapters of the novel, use the chart below to note what you learn about Maniac and the
book’s other characters. The first row is filled in for you as an example.
Chapter
What You Learn About Maniac
What You Learn about Other Characters
1
He became an orphan at age 3 and was
sent to live with his aunt and uncle. At
age 11, he ran away.
Jeffrey’s aunt and uncle hated each other but
refused to divorce and instead stopped sharing
everything. They made Jeffrey’s life miserable.
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Maniac Magee Study Guide
Analyzing Characters
1. Which characters change most by the end of the book? What causes each change?
2. In what way does Maniac Magee change by the end of the book?
Maniac Magee Study Guide
The Plot
There are many struggles, or conflicts, in Maniac Magee. The main character seems to solve
one problem only to have another one come up as a result. As you read, write down the
problems that Jeffrey or “Maniac” Magee, the novel’s main character, faces. Beside each
conflict, explain how the conflict is resolved. Then, in the last column, write down a new
problem that is created by the solution to an earlier problem. Some boxes are filled in for you
as an example.
Conflict or Problem
How the Problem Is Solved
New Problem That Is Created
Jeffrey has to live with an aunt
and uncle who hate each
other. He is miserable there.
Jeffrey runs away from home at
age 11. He begins running all the
time, to cope with his feelings.
Jeffrey now has nowhere to live
and is going to have to fight for
his own survival.
Jeffrey is on his own, fighting
starvation, cold, and other
conditions to survive.
Maniac Magee Study Guide
Analyzing Plot
1. Overall, what is the MAIN problem in Maniac Magee? (A novel’s main problem is considered
its central conflict.)
When you have finished reading Maniac Magee, answer these questions about the novel’s plot.
1.
How was the story’s main problem finally solved?
2. What message do you think the author wants to send, based on how the story’s main
problem was solved? (The way a conflict is resolved is a major clue about the theme of the
novel.)
Maniac Magee Study Guide
The Setting
The setting of Maniac Magee plays in important role, but not because the novel is a work of
historical fiction. We don’t know when exactly its events occur, but we do know that some
happen on the East End of town and others happen on the West End. Why does the side of
town matter so much? Try to answer that question as you read. When you think you
understand the importance of East versus West in this novel, add details to the chart below.
People Who Live Here
Events That Happen Here
Analyzing Setting
1. Why does the author have some events happen on one side of town and some events
happen on the other? What is he trying to say?
2. What event happens right exactly in the middle of town?
3. What do you think this event symbolizes (the one that happens exactly in the middle of
town)?
Maniac Magee Study Guide
Create Meaning
Complete ONE of these projects to explore the events and ideas in Maniac Magee. When you
finish the project, ask your teacher how you should turn it in.
Project 1: The View from Here
The novel Maniac Magee describes what happens to Jeffrey Magee after he runs away from the
home of his aunt and uncle, never to return. Maniac doesn’t tell the story himself, but the book
is so focused on his experience and his thoughts and feelings that it seems like his point of view.
But what if the story had a different point of view? What if Amanda Beale were to tell it? Or
Mars Bar Thompson? Or Giant John McNab? Choose another character in the novel (besides
Maniac), and describe one of the novel’s main events from that character’s point of view. The
basic details of your story should match the ones in the book, but you should describe them as
the other character would see or experience them.
Project 2: Mapping Magee
Maniac Magee really gets around. One week he is living in a deer pen in the park, and the next
he’s moved in with the Beales on Sycamore Street. Then he’s living with the bison at the zoo,
and next in the equipment room near the ball fields. Were you able to imagine Maniac’s
movement around the town of Two Mills? Can you put that vision down on paper? If so, create
an illustrated map that shows where the story’s most important events happened. Near each
place where an event occurred, draw a small object that represents or symbolizes what
happened there. For instance, at Cobble’s Corner, you could draw a frizzy knot or a pizza.
Project 3: Legendary!
In the first section of Maniac Magee, the narrator describes how other people talked about
Maniac long after he first appeared in Two Mills—not just as “crazy” but also as able to do
things that most human boys could not or would not do. In the introduction to the legend of
Maniac (the section called “Before the Story”), the author relies on hyperbole, the use of
exaggerated descriptions, to help readers understand how special Maniac Magee was and is.
Create a poster titled The Legend of Maniac Magee that illustrates some of the things that
people in Two Mills claimed were true about Maniac. Include a reference to at least one
hyperbole from the book and one actual event, the way it really happened.
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