![]() ![]() And it’s interesting because they don’t go into the history in this book, but it’s so obvious that it’s there. There’s a lot to think about if you’re a white person going into a community of color, that you can’t just take and just fit in and be accepted, entrusted, immediately, because there’s a lot of history there. It’s not just sad that he’s being called a name and being singled out. ![]() That, to me, is very powerful-but I think there’s a little bit of a missed opportunity to go into what you’re saying. I feel like he comes in and he’s fulfilling a need in the family, and they’re fulfilling a need for him. I think it would be a different story if Maniac Magee were a different character. And to just walk in and be part of this family is very presumptuous in a lot of ways. Jennie: I think you’re hitting on something really important, the idea of not everything’s for white people to take. ![]() On this episode, Jennie and Marcy talk about the 1991 Newbery winner, Maniac Mageeby Jerry Spinelli. Each week on NewberyTart, Jennie and Marcy, two book-loving mamas (and a librarian and a bookseller, respectively), read and drink their way through the entire catalogue of Newbery books, and interview authors and illustrators along the way. ![]()
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