The Character Amanda Bealee In Maniac Magee By Jerry Spinelli

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In Jerry Spinelli’s novel, Maniac Magee, Spinelli describes the character Amanda Beale as passionate. When we first see Amanda, we see her lugging around a suitcase of books. She has all of her the books that she owns in that suitcase because if they were not in that suitcase they would be getting destroyed by her little siblings.Amanda is so passionate about her books, that she would carry all of them to school everyday, just so that they would stay in nice condition. Another example of Amanda being passionate is that when Jeffrey Magee asks Amanda if he can borrow one of her books, Amanda truly did not want to lend him one. It took Maniac quite a long time to convince Amanda to let him borrow a book, and when Amanda did, she made sure Jeffery