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Jeffrey Lionel “Maniac” Magee
Amanda is the first person who talks to Maniac in Two Mills. She is a kind, studious, spirited girl. Amanda carries her entire book collection around town in a suitcase so that her younger siblings, Hester and Lester, won’t color on them. Her suitcase piques Maniac’s curiosity when he arrives in town, and when he convinces Amanda to lend him a book, they soon become friends. Amanda is a loyal sister and friend who fiercely defends Maniac, even when others in the East End question whether Maniac belongs in a black neighborhood and give the Beale family a hard time as a result. She even hatches a plan for Maniac to undo Cobble’s Knot in hopes of winning everyone’s approval. When Maniac resorts to living in a buffalo pen at the end of the book, Amanda climbs in and scolds Maniac in a sisterly way until he agrees to move in with the Beales once more.
Amanda Beale Quotes in Maniac Magee
The Maniac Magee quotes below are all either spoken by Amanda Beale or refer to Amanda Beale. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3
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“Where are you from? West End?”
“No.”
She stared at him, at the flap-soled sneakers. Back in those days the town was pretty much divided. The East End was blacks, the West End was whites. “I know you’re not from the East End. […] So where do you live?”
Jeffrey looked around. “I don’t know … maybe … here?”
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Chapter 46
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Maniac said nothing. He was quite content to let Amanda do the talking, for he knew that behind her grumbling was all that he had ever wanted. He knew that finally, truly, at long last, someone was calling him home.
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Amanda Beale Quotes in Maniac Magee
The Maniac Magee quotes below are all either spoken by Amanda Beale or refer to Amanda Beale. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 3
Quotes
“Where are you from? West End?”
“No.”
She stared at him, at the flap-soled sneakers. Back in those days the town was pretty much divided. The East End was blacks, the West End was whites. “I know you’re not from the East End. […] So where do you live?”
Jeffrey looked around. “I don’t know … maybe … here?”
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Chapter 46
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Maniac said nothing. He was quite content to let Amanda do the talking, for he knew that behind her grumbling was all that he had ever wanted. He knew that finally, truly, at long last, someone was calling him home.
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