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Summary Of Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli

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In the book, Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli shows Jeffrey Magee/ Maniac is athletic. The author shows Maniac is athletic because in the story Maniac runs away from his aunt Dot and uncle Dans house and hasn't stopped ever since. This example shows Maniac being athletic because running is an exercise. This is an exercise because running and any other exercise burns fat. Another example of the trait is Maniac was watching the legend of baseball John McNab play baseball with his friends Maniac wants to join McNab pitches a couple balls to Maniac. Maniac hits every single ball and even bunts a frog. After Maniac bunted the frog he runs a home run. John McNab and his crew the Cobras run after Maniac because McNab got mad at maniac for hitting

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