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Friday, September 13, 2013

Maniac Updates!

 ~We are well on our way into Maniac Magee, one of Mr. G's favorite novels!  Maniac became an orphan at age 3 and was sent to live with an aunt and uncle who hated each other.  He decided it would be better to live on the street than to live amongst all that hate.  He runs for over a year and winds up in Two Mills, pennsylvania.  He befriended a young Black girl (Amanda) and moves right in with her family.  They love Maniac (Jeffrey).... but not everyone in the Black side of town is thrilled to have hime there!  The Cobra Gang and John McNab have already run him out of the White side of town......will he be able to stay with Amanda? We are really watching the plot unfold in the first 15 chapters!





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Swim America Fun

 

  • How did the Danes fool the Nazis and their dogs!
    this is an actual boat used to smuggle Jews across the Kattegat ~How did the majority of Jews in Denmark escape to Sweden? The Jews were smu...
  • Meeting Shmuel
    ~We finally met the boy in the striped pajamas from The Boy in the Striped Pajamas .  His name is Shmuel (pronounced shmoo-el).  He is ...
  • Maniac Magee Connections
    the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania where Maniac's parents died the train trestle where the P&W Trolley had its famous ...