<Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> 184pp </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 0 - 316 - 80722 - 2 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> PZ7. S75663 Man 1990 </Td> </Tr> <P> Maniac Magee is a novel written by American author Jerry Spinelli and published in 1990 . Exploring themes of racism and homelessness, it follows the story of an boy thats parents died ant and had nowhere to go in the fictional Pennsylvania town of Two Mills . He becomes a local legend for feats of athleticism and fearlessness, and his ignorance of sharp racial boundaries in the town . It is popular in elementary school curricula, and has been used in scholarly studies on the relationship of children to racial identity and reading . A film adaptation was released in 2003 . </P>

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