I really like this book and think it is a good book for everybody to read. I really like Jeffrey/Magee's thoughts about the black side of town. The fact that he doesn't think that they look black and he thinks they look like all sorts of differents colors; dark fudge, light fudge, and acorn are a few examples.
The other thing I liked about this book, is the fact that it shows that not all of the people cared about the color of the skin. Most of them didn't really understand the other side of town and Maniac made it to where some of them realized they weren't any different.
I am not surprised that this author won the Newbery Award for this book. It was very well written.
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I agree. I really think every teacher should share this book with her students, at least, 3rd or 4th grade and up.
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