What is Maniac Magee?
{{italictitle}} '''''Maniac Magee''''' is a children's book written by [[Jerry Spinelli]]. It was written in 1990. It won the [[Newbery Medal]].<ref name=CSM>{{cite web|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/maniac-magee|access-date=January 12, 2021|author=Barbara Schulz|title=Maniac Magee: Review by Barbara Schulz}}</ref> It is about a boy who runs away from his foster family. He lives with a black family in a town with [[racial segregation]]. He gets along with people because he is very athletic and kind. Later, he lives with an old white man. Then he lives with the black family again. ==References== {{reflist}} {{lit-stub}} [[Category:1990 books]] [[Category:American children's books]]