separated and fighting. As he ran and entered Two Mills, he said “hi” to everybody he saw. This indicated that Maniac was looking for friends, possibly a family. Another example of Maniac’s search was on page 29. The novel stated that Maniac had a name, “But not an address. At least not an official one, with numbers.” It also stated that “What he did have was the deer shed at the Elmwood Park Zoo, which is where he slept his first few nights in town.” This showed Maniac’s desperation for a place to stay. Thirdly, on page 44, after given his new friend Amanda Beale’s room, Maniac Magee “said a cheerful, ‘Goodnight,’ and went back to bed,” Thankful for his new home. The fourth time Maniac sought after a place to live was when he stayed with
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konigsburg’s The View from Saturday, a teacher and her sixth grade academic team defy the odds to find themselves in- and soon winning- the Academic Bowl. This story was not revolved around one person, rather a team and how they worked together. The first example of Noah, Nadia, Ethan, and Julian’s “team bond” was at their first tea time. The four could converse with each other smoothly, which later transferred to the competition. Secondly, on the same day, Julian opened his puzzle and everyone built it together as if they were in the same mindset. Another time teamwork was shown was on page 102. “The Souls (their group name) began the intensive training of Ginger. I (Julian) taught each of The Souls how to palm a treat so that no one in the audience would notice.” The fourth example of the group’s teamwork was when they passed a Soul penny to each other to cover for Julian as he went backstage. Lastly, The Souls’ teamwork paid off from when they first became a group, to when they won the Academic Bowl. In the competition, they knew who was going to give the answer right when a question was asked. The lesson that these four student learned is that teamwork is key. Finally, in Holes, by Louis Sachar, Stanley Yelnats finds himself unjustly forced to dig holes for character improvement. But Stanley suspects a bigger reason for the holes, and he soon digs up the truth. In the novel, Stanley was very unlucky, but in the end, it was all destiny. The first example of his bad luck was on page 7. “Stanley was not a bad kid,” the novel read, “He was innocent of the crime for which he was convicted. He’d just been in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Secondly, Stanley
konigsburg’s The View from Saturday, a teacher and her sixth grade academic team defy the odds to find themselves in- and soon winning- the Academic Bowl. This story was not revolved around one person, rather a team and how they worked together. The first example of Noah, Nadia, Ethan, and Julian’s “team bond” was at their first tea time. The four could converse with each other smoothly, which later transferred to the competition. Secondly, on the same day, Julian opened his puzzle and everyone built it together as if they were in the same mindset. Another time teamwork was shown was on page 102. “The Souls (their group name) began the intensive training of Ginger. I (Julian) taught each of The Souls how to palm a treat so that no one in the audience would notice.” The fourth example of the group’s teamwork was when they passed a Soul penny to each other to cover for Julian as he went backstage. Lastly, The Souls’ teamwork paid off from when they first became a group, to when they won the Academic Bowl. In the competition, they knew who was going to give the answer right when a question was asked. The lesson that these four student learned is that teamwork is key. Finally, in Holes, by Louis Sachar, Stanley Yelnats finds himself unjustly forced to dig holes for character improvement. But Stanley suspects a bigger reason for the holes, and he soon digs up the truth. In the novel, Stanley was very unlucky, but in the end, it was all destiny. The first example of his bad luck was on page 7. “Stanley was not a bad kid,” the novel read, “He was innocent of the crime for which he was convicted. He’d just been in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Secondly, Stanley