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''Maniac Magee'' is a young adult book written by Jerry Spinelli. This book deals with a strange boy named Maniac Magee who starts off with a very crappy childhood. He runs away and tries to find a home, while making a legend of himself in the process. He then meets [[Meganekko|Amanda Beale]], a [[Sassy Black Woman|young, sassy]] girl. She lends him a book and she finds him worming his way into the hearts of her family and herself, while dealing with racial problems in the urban streets.
 
A flimfilm adaption aired in NicklodeonNickelodeon in 2003, although it was [[Lighter and Softer|lighter]] in comparsioncomparison with the book.
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=== These are the following tropes: ===
* [[Badass]]: Maniac.
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Amanda.
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* [[Death by Newbery Medal]]
* [[Death Glare]]: Mars Bar can cause a ''traffic jam'' just by doing this, according to legend.
* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: Amanda gives Mars Bar one of these.Heres Here's the quote"That's what I'm changing his name to.How bad(badass) can you act if someone calling you"--she said it loud--"Snickers?"
* [[Fantastic Racism|Urban Racism]]: The West Enders hate the East Enders, and the opposite is true.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Maniac suffers this after the birthday party fiasco.