Maniac Magee Flashcards
Legend says maniac was born in a
Dump
But he was really born in an ordinary house in bridgport
Author
Jerry spinelli
Maniacs legacy
That girls from differnt sides of town play together
History of a kid is
One part fact
Two parts legend
Three parts snowball
His parents died when
Their tr,ley car driven by a drubk fell off a trstele bridge into the schuylkyllnwgen he was three
Maniacs real name
Jeffrey lionel magee
Nearest relatives
Uncle dan aunt dot in western pa
Why did jeffrey screa. At the show
To get his fughting guardians to talk.
Where did he go
He took a year to walk back to two mills across the river from where he was born
Food mentioned
Butterscotch krimpets
What did he do that people found strange
Randomly said hi to everyone
1st person talked to
Amanda beale who was surprised he was on the black side of town
Jeffrey made amanda
Late for school asking for a book
Second appearance of jeffrey
Caught a ball meant for hands down
Who was everyone afraid of
Finsterwald….where it is rumored jeffrey carried a scared kid out to the front steps where jeffrey then read a book
How did the pickwell kids of 10 plus the rest of the nation know dinner was ready
Whistle
What and where did the pickwells eat
Ping pong table and spaghetti
Who did jeffrey do after he sneaked into pickwells
Ran on steel railroad track
Pictcher name
Mcnab
What got pitched at jeffrey
A frog
Where did he sleep
Deer shack at elmwood park zoo
Mcnabs gang
The cobras
Boundary between east and west
Hector street
Who had candy
Mars bars thompson
Amandas siblings
Hester and lester
Who invited him to stay
The beales 278 sycamore
Who tooks baths with hester andlester
Maniac
What was maniac allergic to
Pizza
Dogs name
Bow wow
What was written on the wall
Fishbelly go home
What was amandas ide for jeffs acceptance
Cobbies knot
Tricycle gang
Hecks angels
What is a zep
A type of hoagie
Untying the knot what did he do
Take a 15 minute nap
He finished untying at
Dinnertime
What was the confetti made out of
The a encylcopedia
Who found jeff at the zoo sick
Grayson
Where did he take him
To the equipment shed at the shell
Where did grayson live
At the ymca
What did grayson want to be when he grew up
A baseball palyer
How was grayson tricked
Into believing he had a free meal
How oldgrayson
40
What does maniac do with he money grayson gives him
Buys books
Maniac taught grayson
To read
Bluefield
Where grayson ran away at 15
Grayson compared vowels
To knucleballs
First book grayson read
Little engine that could
When you really like something
Say amen
Where did grayson eat thanksgiving
In the tool shed
What music did grayson listen to
Polka
Maniacs addresses
728 sycamore
101 band shell boilevard
Maniacs gift to grayson
A handmade book about grayson and willie mays,he got krimpets gloves and a new baseball and his minors glove
When did grayson die
Five days after christmas
Who did mania. Tell thatbgrayson dies
Zookeeper
Where did maniac find lodging
Valley forge cabin
What did he see at valley forge
Ghostbsoldiers bur really kid runaways actually mcnabs little brothers
What did maniac lie about
That mcnab knew how to pitch a stopball
The raisins at mcnabs were
Roaches
What did maniac do for the little mcnabs
Made them feel important
What did mcnabs make maniac do
Sit in finsterwalds yard
Mars and maniac both
Have new kicks
Mars challenges maniac to
A race
Maniac won the race while
Looking backward
Old mcnab planned for a
Revolt – pillbox upset maniac more than roaches
The pickwells reminded maniac of
The beales
Maniac wanted the mcnab boys to become like
Hester and lester not rot to the core
Maniac would go to the mcnab party if
He could bring somebody and he brought mar thomson
Who was stuck on the trestle
Russell
Who saved russell
Mars
What did mars ask maniac
Why he never stops at,his house
Who pulled maniacs ears while he was with the buffalo
Amanda
Who finally took him home
Amanda
