In Maniac Magee, Jerry Spinelli constructs Amanda Beale to be a responsible character; she is always dependable and helpful young girl. One way Amanda developed to be responsible is that she know that you need to treat everything with respect including books. She wouldn’t let Hester and Lester touch her books because they would crayon them, and Bow-Wow would poop and chew them up. Amanda knows that things need to be treated nicely and she makes sure her books are. Amanda said that to Maniac on page 24. Another way, Amanda is dependable is that she showed hospitality to Maniac and brought him to live with the Beale's because he was homeless. She knew that he deserves the best, so she gave up her room for Maniac to sleep in.
