Jerry Spinelli Collaborativeness

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In the story, Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli really developed collaborativeness for Maniac throughout the book. One reason Jerry Spinelli showed collaborativeness is when Maniac met Amanda and Maniac started to collaborate with her, the first thing Maniac said was, “are you running away?” Maniac started to talk to Amanda about how he was running away, and why she had a suitcase. Maniac had no clue who Amanda was, and if Maniac kept running during that scene the story would of went a whole other way. Another reason Jerry Spinelli showed collaborativeness is when Maniac moved into the Beall house he started to talk to everyone. Maniac wasn’t shy to any of the Bealls. Maniac collaborated with all Beall’s, he would never Maniac was never afraid