What is the summary for chapter 40 of Maniac Magee?

What is the summary for chapter 40 of Maniac Magee?

Maniac tries yelling at them again to get them to stop, but ends up getting kicked out. Maniac lives on the streets for a couple days until Russell and Piper come find him, inviting him to Piper’s birthday party. Maniac isn’t willing to just go back to the way things were: he’ll only come if he can bring a guest.

What is chapter 36 about in Maniac Magee?

Chapter 36. Maniac makes a deal with the boys stating if they go to school for a week he will show them the shortcut to Mexico. A week comes and goes and Maniac offers them a new deal. This pattern continues for a few weeks.

What happens in chapter 42 of Maniac Magee?

Maniac manages to hold Mars back from jumping the Cobra. Maniac barely keeps things under control, but he and Mars do leave safely. As you might imagine, Mars isn’t too thrilled with Maniac. He heads off as soon as he can, leaving Maniac on his own, again.

What happens in chapter 41 of Maniac Magee?

Chapter 41. Maniac shows up for Russell and Piper’s birthday party with none other than Mars Bar. Maniac convinces Mars that he should go with him to the party to prove he is as tough as he claims.

What is Maniac Magee real name?

Jeffrey Lionel Magee
He wasn’t born with the name Maniac Magee. He came into this world named Jeffrey Lionel Magee, but when his parents died and his life changed, so did his name. And Maniac Magee became a legend.

Who is Finsterwald in Maniac Magee?

Yup, you know Finsterwald—he’s the old scary guy in the old scary house who’s been terrorizing kids for generations. Every kid in town is scared of Finsterwald. Every kid except—you guessed it—Maniac. Anyway, these high school kids are dumping some poor ten-year-old over into Finsterwald’s yard, and Maniac rescues him.

Why did maniac go to Finsterwald and knock on the front door?

When 10 minutes are up, Maniac is still smiling. He decides to add to the deal in exchange for another week of school attendance—he’ll knock on Finsterwald’s front door. The kids are so terrified that a few of them get the “finsterwallies” on the spot.

What happens in chapter 43 of Maniac Magee?

Maniac’s back to sleeping in the park, sometimes with his BFF the baby buffalo. He scrounges for food, hitting the free samples counter, and the Pickwells every now and then. He goes back and forth, East and West End, sometimes sleeping on porches, and once even a kitchen.

Is Maniac Magee a true story?

Maniac Magee is not a true story. It is a novel, and novels are fictional.

How old is Maniac Magee at the end of the book?

11-years-old
When he’s 11-years-old, he’s finally had enough, and takes off running. Yup, literally running. He runs for a couple hundred miles and a year, and ends up in Two Mills, Pennsylvania. Maniac doesn’t know it yet, but Two Mills is a divided town.

What is Cobble’s knot in Maniac Magee?

By Jerry Spinelli The deal was, solve the knot, get a prize. Cobble’s Knot ended up outliving Cobble’s grocery. Now it’s a pizza parlor, and the prize for solving the knot is a large pizza a week for a year.

Why did maniac not save Russell?

Why couldn’t Maniac go up on the trestle to save Russell? Maniac couldn’t go up on the trestle to save Russell because he was too scared that he would fall into the river like his parents did in the car crash into the Schuylkill River.

Who did maniac race why WHO WON?

Answers 1. Mars Bar challenges Maniac to a race because he thinks he has finally developed enough skill to beat him. Maniac wins the race.

What happens in chapter 44 of Maniac Magee?

Piper had been sailing his raft down the river, and Russell was supposed to “bomb” him with rocks from above. But, high on the trolley trestle, Russell got scared and froze—and now a trolley is coming. Piper begs Maniac to save his brother. But Maniac stares unblinkingly at the trestle and walks away.

What happens in chapter 45 of Maniac Magee?

Maniac tells Mars the whole story. In return, Mars tells of his dramatic rescue of Russell. After he managed to get him off the trestle, Russell just won’t let go. So Mars takes the two of them home, and his mom takes over.

Who picks Maniac first for a game of football?

The dog. Who picks Maniac first for a game of football? Hands Down.