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Not all of the East Enders approve of Maniac living with the Beales, however, and Maniac feels terrible about bringing trouble to their door, so he runs away again, this time finding a home with an older man who warms to Maniac.

He makes friends on both sides of town, and is taken in by the Beale family, who are Black, where the household includes two loving parents, a girl named Amanda, who's Maniac's age, and her little brother and sister, Hester and Lester. Both Black and White kids soon learn that Maniac can run and swing a bat faster than anyone. He winds up in Two Mills, a town that is divided between East Enders (Black residents) and West Enders (White ones). One day, Jeffrey runs out of patience with them and literally takes off running. In fact, they don't even speak to each other. Jeffrey's guardians don't get along with each other, though. Larger than life Maniac Magee is a modern folk hero, particularly in the small town of Two Mills, Pennsylvania where he brings together people from opposite. The book title MANIAC MAGEE refers to a boy (really named Jeffrey), who is such a fast and impressive athlete that people start referring to him as a 'maniac.' When the story begins, Jeffrey, who's White, is living with his aunt and uncle because his parents died in an accident when the boy was only 3.

Maniac magee by jerry spinelli