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.

Jeffrey Lionel “Maniac” Magee is an orphan and finds himself in Two Mills, where he becomes a local legend while trying to find a home.

Maniac Magee is a television film made for the Nickelodeon network, based on the novel of the same name by Jerry Spinelli. The story follows twelve-year-old Jeffrey Lionel “Maniac” Magee, an orphaned runaway with many extraordinary and athletic talents, who arrives in a town divided with racial conflict.

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Maniac ran to East End where he met Amanda Beale. Another main event was when Maniac untied Cobble’s Knot after Maniac untied the Knot somebody tore up one of Amanda’s books and used it as confetti. After this happened Maniac decided to run away from the Beale’s because of stuff that had been happening.

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Maniac Magee. In the story “Maniac Magee” the town Two Mills is where Jeffrey is but he used to live with his Aunt Dot and his Uncle Dan. Jeffrey does not want to live with his Aunt and Uncle because they have two bathrooms, two TVs, two refrigerators, and two toasters.

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Jerry Spinelli

Leo Borlock is Stargirl’s former love interest from Mica, Arizona. During the time of this novel, she is writing the world’s longest letter to Leo, documenting her days and adventures with her new friends and difficulties in her new town. Leo is mentioned many times in the book.

1990

Yes, her Stargirl (played by Grace VanderWaal) still leaves Mica after a series of heartbreaking events upend her social standing, plus an ill-fated attempt to “be average” (she even returns to her birth name, Susan), but Hart didn’t want to conclude “Stargirl” with something as vicious as a physical altercation.

Courtney Elizabeth Whitmore

Susan

EXCLUSIVE: The Julia Hart-directed Disney feature sequel to Stargirl continues to expand its cast with comedian Al Madrigal, Sarayu Blue, Chris Williams and Nija Okoro joining. Stargirl 2 follows Grace VanderWaal’s title protagonist as she journeys out of Mica into a bigger world of music, dreams and possibility.

DC’s Stargirl, or simply Stargirl, is an American superhero television series created by Geoff Johns that premiered on streaming service DC Universe. It is based on the DC Comics superhero Courtney Whitmore created by Johns and Lee Moder.