In the story, Maniac Magee, the author Jerry Spinelli developed Maniac as a smart character. One example from the story of how Maniac was considered a smart character was on the pages 10-13. In these pages, Maniac was roaming the town of Two Mills and ran into many people. The first person Maniac ran into was a girl named Amanda Beale, who kept all of her books in a heavily guarded suitcase. When Maniac and Amanda were talking, Maniac asked for a book, and at first, she said no, but then because of all Maniac’s knowledge of books and of how nice he was she finally said yes. He brought home the book and finished it in a day and a half. This is an example of how Maniac was smart. Maniac read books all the time and learned a lot through reading.
