Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli is the inaugural selection for kids
from Andrew Luck’s book club. If
all his selections are this good, we all need to join his club.
While there are sports in the
book, they are not the focus.
Maniac has incredible athletic talent. It does not even come close to his talent for living under
extremely difficult circumstances.
One way he copes with those circumstances is by running.
Fitness is not an end in
itself. This book acknowledges the
importance of sports for character development while pointing out that we
develop character to do things with our lives.
The writing is spectacular, funny
and touching. What is not to like
about a book with an incidental mention of a tricycle gang of little kids
called Heck’s Angels?
Read it, share it, give it to a
kid or grown-up you know who needs to be inspired.
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