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Maniac Magee
By Carolyn B.
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We are currently reading this book in reading class. This is the third year in a row that I have used the book with my fifth grade students. I feel a little uncomfortable with the racial issues and the way they are explored,| but I think that some important values are brought out here, as well as some important lessons. We read it in small segments, which is possible, since the chapters are so short. The two classes I have had who have finished the book with me loved it. They enjoyed the strong characters like McNab and Mars Bar. They sympathize with Maniac's homelessness. I wasn't sure if the kids | |
would like it, but they did. I hope my kids this year enjoy it as much. By the way, it will probably take us until March to finish it, because we do a lot of activities with it. One is the making up of a skit which the kids videotape. We also reconstruct scenes from the book and have a knot untying contest. I think it's a great way to get the kids involved with the book.
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