Brennan,+Caelyn

=and a sofa spring for a heart= || =to strangers.= || =The police haven't looked for Maniac yet.= ||
 * =Realistic= || =Unrealistic= ||
 * =Maniac's Aunt and Uncle took him in.= || =He ran away at age 11= ||
 * =Maniac had issues at home= || =He had a cereal box for a stomach=
 * =Segregation was serious in some towns= || =He had no idea at all about segregation= ||
 * =Maniac was friendly and natually said hi=

perfect spiral back to the phenomenal player frozen in shock. || the summer sun is sure to give me sunburn, and Maniac, like the first brand of sunblock ever invented. He hit every pitch, frog, and insult right back at McNabb. || then does something ten times worse then the backyard; the steps. If not a clueless act, a scary one, for these were the steps children supposedly died on. ||< Maniac stares down the Devil, aka, Mars Bar. Not only that but steals a mouthful of his candy, //his candy,// the same candy that he stole from babies, probably. No child would ever do this, a white child is less likely to do this, especially if they know Mars Bar. || 1.What did the old man mean when he said "The sheep do not lie with the lion!" on pages 61 and 62? 2.Why were the Beale's trying to stop Maniac from coming to their house? 1.The old man meant that because Maniac was white, he was out of place to be on East End, and that his kind got what it wanted to segregate towns. 2.The Beale's were trying to stop Maniac from coming home because someone wrote "FISHBELLY GO HOME" on their brick wall in chalk. When they couldn't stop Maniac from discovering the brick wall they did everything in their power to make him feel better, such as telling him that they didn't mean it, or to ignore it, or to realize that they don't even matter. 1.Why did Amanda get so angry at Maniac? How did Maniac respond? 2.Why was Amanda mean to Maniac then smiled when after he left? 1.Amanda got angry at Maniac because he got so depressed that he was talking about running away again. Amanda was trying to convince him to stay by making him realize that it was a bad idea by saying things like "You'll starve" or "What are you going to use for a bed?". Maniac handled this calmly until Amanda said "Ha-//ha//! You need an //address// to get a library card!", after such a cruel remark he runs away again. 2.Maniac did show up at the house very late, asking why Amanda was still up at such an hour. Amanda made a mean, sarcastic statement and afterwards smiled when he left. Her statement was said as a worried mother would, to disipline her child. The smile was not one of mockery but of relief that her friend,and her brother, came home. 1.Why did Amanda desperately urge Maniac to try Cobble's Knot? 2.What's the supposed rumor of Cobble's Knot? Why didn't Mr. Cobble just snip it off? 1. Amanda wanted Maniac to try Cobble's Knot because she thought it would make kids not pick on Jeffery and that would want to make him stay more. It would be a reason to make Jeffery, her best friend, her brother, her sunshine, stay. 2. Cobble's Knot came to be supposidly by just appearing on day infront of Cobble's Corner. Mr. Cobble saw this as a buisness oppertunity that would make his store something more than something you buy oats and penny candy from. 1.Why was it that the more people who took on Cobble's Knot, just made it harder to untangle for Maniac? 2.Why did Maniac take on Cobble's Knot if the prize was just pizza, that he's allergic to?
 * Maniac Magee's Amazing Feats ||
 * He intercepts Hands Down.This is amazing because not only does he do it, but afterwards he punts it with a
 * He hits every ball, and frog, that McNabb pelts at him. This is amazing because McNabb pitches strikes like
 * Maniac saves Arnold Jones from the evil, wicked, trechorous, deadly Mr. Finsterwalds backyard. This is amazing because he hoists him up
 * Maniac takes on Cobbles Knot, wins in this battle of the legends, and wins a years worth of pizza. ||
 * Chapter 37-Maniac goes back into the horrifying backyard, more like //graveyard//, of toys and trees, that seemed depressed to even be in the boarder to their death, the same boarder that keeps them deprived from kids, the same boarder, or fence, that Maniac would ever volenterily go past. He stays trapped behind this boarder, cut off from society, for ten minutes. Afterwards, he meets the grim reaper himself, Mr. Finsterwald after knocking on the door, unknocked for years, decades even. ||
 * Chapter 37-He faces his fears, nose to nose, in the rat infested dump at the foot of Rako Hill, where he keeps Russell and Piper in school for one more week, and ultimately makes his legendary personality higher in the ladder climb. ||
 * Chapter 37-Maniac sticks his whole arm into this hole of thick mud, given by the devil himself, a portal where ghosts and demons come out, where no one would never go to even get their most prized, valuable posessions. ||
 * Chapter 37-Maniac kisses his old friend the baby buffallo on the head while his mother watches. In the jumprope song it was "Kissed a bull!" they really meant buffallo but that wouldn't sound good, now would it? ||
 * Chapter 38-Maniac beats Mars Bar in a race running backwards. This is amazing because Mars Bar was mouthing off about how he was faster and badder then ever. ||
 * Chapter 39-Maniac returns from East End to West End. This is amazing because everyone thought that Maniac would get killed on the East End. ||
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1.Cobble's Knot became hard enough when people tried and tried and just made it tighter and worse. To add the icing on the cake, it spent a year outside sealed in natures crusty cement to pack it in as tight as can be. 2.Maniac took on Cobble's Knot because he wanted to get more people to like him and less people to be angry at him, like Mars Bar, and the Cobras, and the old man. 1.Why was everyone so happy when Cobble's Knot was dead? 2.What did Hester and Lester do to Amanda's book? 3.Why did Maniac leave Two Mills? 1.Everyone was so happy because this little runt they knew a month ago, that they teased, and trash talked, defeated the impossible Cobble's Knot. He was a town celeberty. 2.Hester and Lester wanted to make confetti for Maniac when he was done untangling Cobble's Knot. He did so and Amanda and he were so surprised when they found "A" words everywhere. Amanda of course took blame for this from herself, and Maniac thought it was his fault too. 3.Maniac left Two Mills because he because he caused a war between East End and West End. Yelling, cursing, insults, and misery was all the death of Cobble's Knot brought. They wanted to take atvantage of his pizza prize. 1. Who found Maniac? 2. How did he treat Maniac? What did he think of him? 1. Grayson found Maniac in the outside of the Bison pen at the zoo. 2. He treated Maniac with kindness and pity. He thought it was strange that this scraggly boy was running around by himself. 1. What was Maniac's reason for not going to school? 2. Would you go to school in Maniac's situation? Why or why not? 1. Maniac said that school was like a daytime home, with friends and nice teachers, but at night, when kids leave, it becomes more barren than a desert. Maniac knows he can't stay at a school like a home, and he knows that everyone else knows exactly where there going, where their destenation is, where there home is. Maniac swears he will never have one without the other. 2. If I were in Maniac's situation I would first find a destination, as Maniac did, then after having a place where I can bathe, sleep, and eat, I would go to school. I would go to school because my main goal would be to set a future up for myself and to do my best to get off the streets and in my own home. Do my best for high school and college, hopefully getting scholarships. 1. Why do you think Grayson was so surprised about Maniac's answers to his questions about blacks? 2. What did the conversation on pages 89 and 90 really tell you about Grayson? How can you tell? 1. I think that Grayson was so surprised about Maniac's answers because he grew up around segregation, with segregated resturants, bathrooms, even water fountains. Grayson heard rumors that all blacks are poor, dirty, and uneducated. 2. The conversation on pages 89 and 90 tell me that Grayson tries to be humble, but can never exactly pull it off. He tries to be humble to Maniac, most of the time to spare his feelings. I can tell because the author gave a sense on it in the charecter, just a context clue he gives 1. Why do you think Grayson didn't want to tell stories about the Minor Leagues? 2. What does Grayson think about himself ever since he lost the game? 1. I think Grayson didn't want to bring up that memory, probably was embaressed about the game, and wanted it to be erased from his life. 2. Grayson thinks that he is a mess up, and that he was a bad baseball player, who couldn't handle a high pressure game. He was so depressed about this, he let it haunt him for 33 years. 1. What did Maniac promise to teach Grayson in exchange for teaching him how to pitch? 2. What did Maniac use as a "school" to teach himself? 1. Maniac promised to teach Grayson how to read after Grayson gave him firsthand knowledge about pitching in the minor leagues and how to pitch. 2. Maniac used a few textbooks to teach himself math, science, language arts, and the like. He uses the books like a teacher and teaches himself with them. ===Chapter 27- 1. What method did Maniac use when teaching Grayson how to read? 2. Why were they so excited at the end of the chapter? Answers: 1. Maniac made it seem like a baseball game, and each vowel or continent was a ball pitched at Grayson. The more Grayson hit, the more he learned. 2. Grayson and Maniac were so excited because Grayson had read his first sentence. Maniac felt closer to Grayson and now he and Grayson are like grandfather and grandson. Chapter 28- 1. Where did Grayson sleep that night? Why? 2. What did Grayson say and why did he say it at the end of the chapter? Answers: 1. Grayson slept at Maniac Magee’s “home” because it got too dark outside and too late at night. I think that Maniac was overjoyed with this sleepover but Grayson was a little disappointed when he found out that Maniac had never used the mattress. 2. Grayson said “A-//men//” at the end of the chapter. At the beginning of the chapter he found out htat you can just say “Amen” when someone has done you a kindness or when your happy. Chapter 29- 1. Because Maniac dedicated a prayer to the Beale’s, do you think he misses them? What do you think the Beale’s think of him now? Can you prove it? 2. What did Maniac do at the end of the chapter? Why? Answers: 1. I think that Maniac at times misses them, but he’s adjusted and found a new home, with Grayson. I think that the Beale’s, for the time they knew him, know that he’d be alright and that they would meet again someday. 2. Maniac took paint and made an address on the door. He put a giant 101 on the door because now with Grayson living with him, he knew he needed a real address for him and Grayson. Chapter 30- 1. 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Ever since she first saw Maniac, they've been like siblings.
 * H**ectic and chaotic toddler.
 * S**tubborn because Lester and she went on strike to not take baths without Amanda.
 * T**iny and wild, this knee high toddler loves her twin brother, and partner in crime, Lester.
 * E**ternally curious, and destructive, when she sees something new or shiny.
 * R**eady to stick up for her loved ones, be it Amanda, Lester, or Maniac, even when she is outnumbered, or outsized.

95/A Good Job Caelyn; Missing chapter 32 and need to update amazing feat table. Great detailed questions and answers!

.The two new charecters that enter in Chapter 34 were Piper and Russell. Piper is a loud, young, gullable boy who bickers with his brother and believes any slightly convincing story. He is more of a follower to his brother. For example, he would talk after his brother did, and usually get hit by his brother. Often times this would start a toddler tornado that would last for a few minutes. He also has a talent to project his voice, and I'm pretty sure you'd hear him outside of a soundproof room. .Russell was the other, probably older brother. With his front tooth missing, his leader personality, his bully-like behavior, and his unrealistic ideas. He is also a gullable boy who, for some reason, believed Maniac knew a shortcut to Mexico. Russell has a mean personality because anytime Piper would talk he'd hit him with a cap. Russell also called Maniac a "meatball" and "beef jerkey". It is very believable that they are brothers with McNabb. =__Talent 21 Project__=