Maniac Magee
Book • 1990
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Are animals abused?
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A bully pitches a frog during a game of baseball. The batter bunts, ensuring it is not harmed.
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Jeffrey's home life with his stepparents is not discussed in detail, but it was bad enough for him to run away and never go back.
Other children are neglected and yelled at.
Other children are neglected and yelled at.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Jeffrey briefly makes nonspecific plans to die after an adoptive father figure dies of old age, leaving him orphaned for a third time.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Are there abusive parents?
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Subtle enough that I didn't notice it when I read it as a child, but it's there.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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The main character is an orphan who runs away from his foster home. We never know what his foster parents did, but from his perspective, he is completely abandoned.
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Is a minority misrepresented?
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This is complicated, but it's basically a story about a white runaway who solves racism in the town where he settles just by being a kind child who doesn't see race. There's some "both sides" equivocation in the portrayal of racial prejudice, and the black characters don't really comment or act on racial issues.
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Does a parent die?
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Jeffrey is introduced as an orphan. He is metaphorically "orphaned" again when his foster home is so dysfunctional that he runs away, which is how the story starts. He is orphaned a third time when an old man who befriends him and becomes a father figure passes away in his sleep.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there hate speech?
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Racism is a major theme, but the language is mostly appropriate for a children's book. An outdated term for native Americans is used by an antagonist.
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Does a major character die?
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Grayson, who is like an adoptive father to Jeffrey, dies in his sleep.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Nothing graphic or severe, but abused older siblings are shown abusing their younger siblings in turn.
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Does a car crash?
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A trolley, rather, before the story takes place.
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Does someone die?
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Jeffrey's parents die before the story begins. Later, an old man who had become Jeffrey's friend and father figure dies in his sleep.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Young children are shown drinking beer, enabled by their older siblings and parents.
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Is there farting?
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The McNabs and their friends fart and belch while drinking.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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It's not portrayed but is mentioned to have happened.
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Does someone spit?
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Kids in general, and especially the McNabs.
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Is religion discussed?
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Briefly, in passing.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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The narrator doesn't address the reader directly, but the tone is that of an in-person storyteller.
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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The story starts with Jeffrey at a school play running off the stage and disappearing, leaving his stepparents behind. We never see or hear about them again.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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A rail trestle over a river is featured in a few scenes.
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Is someone homeless?
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Jeffrey, being a runaway, is homeless for much of the story.
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Is there screaming?
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The McNabs' household is constantly full of shouting.
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