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Giant John McNab is a huge 12-year-old, the pitcher for Two Mills’ Little League baseball team. He’s also a bully, part of a gang called the Cobras. Maniac Magee breaks Giant John’s strikeout record the day he arrives in Two Mills, and from that moment on, Giant John has it in for Maniac. Giant John lives with his drunken father, George, in a filthy house along with his little brothers, Piper and Russell, and he has absorbed his dad’s racist ideas. Giant John spends much of his time drinking and smoking with the Cobras and letting his little brothers do the same. Giant John tolerates Maniac after Maniac rescues the runaway Piper and Russell and brings them home.
Giant John McNab Quotes in Maniac Magee
The Maniac Magee quotes below are all either spoken by Giant John McNab or refer to Giant John McNab. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 8
Quotes
The town was buzzing. The schools were buzzing. […]
Buzzing about the new kid in town. The stranger kid. Scraggly. Carrying a book. Flap-soled sneakers.
The kid who intercepted Brian Denehy’s pass to Hands Down and punted it back longer than Denehy himself ever threw it.
The kid who rescued Arnold Jones from Finsterwald’s backyard.
The kid who […] circled the sacks on a bunted frog.
Nobody knows who said it first, but somebody must have: “Kid’s gotta be a maniac.”
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Giant John McNab Quotes in Maniac Magee
The Maniac Magee quotes below are all either spoken by Giant John McNab or refer to Giant John McNab. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 8
Quotes
The town was buzzing. The schools were buzzing. […]
Buzzing about the new kid in town. The stranger kid. Scraggly. Carrying a book. Flap-soled sneakers.
The kid who intercepted Brian Denehy’s pass to Hands Down and punted it back longer than Denehy himself ever threw it.
The kid who rescued Arnold Jones from Finsterwald’s backyard.
The kid who […] circled the sacks on a bunted frog.
Nobody knows who said it first, but somebody must have: “Kid’s gotta be a maniac.”
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
