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Product Reviews:
Maniac Magee |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: Surprisingly Uninteresting
Comments: Since this book won the Newbery, I expected a great book. however it's almost allly tells, not shows--a no-no for writers. The author tells just about ething. There aren't that many actual dialogue scenes between the characters. I did not find this book interesting at all. Just because a book wins the Newbery doesn't mean it's going to be a winner. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Maniac Magee great book!!
Comments: Maniac Magee is a wonderful book for any child to read. I read this bbok for me Children's Literature class and I could barely put it down. I found the development of the characters to be wonderful. Without a doubt I loved Amanda Beale, she was my favorite character and was definitely a spitfire. I would endorse that this book be used in intermediate grades. It is age appropriate for fifth grade and up. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Great condition!!
Comments: I am happy with the condition of the book I have ordered through Amazon. Maniac Magee was1of the better books I have read to my family in a while, I look forward to ordering more through Amazon.
Brenda Olson |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: Maniac Magee
Comments: great selection for 10-14 year olds. Provokes discussions on orphans- prejudism-segregation and homelessness. Keeps the adolescent reader interested. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Timeless mix of tall-tale and heart
Comments: I have been passionately in love with this book since the 4th grade. I think it is1of the best children's books ever written, in the many themes it explores.
Heck, you have to give the author credit for writing such an ordinary story in a style usually reserved for legends. For that's what this becomes, an urban legend, a tall tale, of a boy who is simply an ordinary boy. It's real and touching even as it goes over the line to the roll-your-eyes fantastic.
Even as Maniac Magee impresses the locals with his small-time wonders, he is a real boy with real emotions. No character in this book is made flat, and eone is shown in multiple lights.
And yet it still manages to have simple, poignant riding that is easily understood, even if the themes are a little more complex.
One of the greatest books Spinelli has written or will ever write. |
