Jeffery 'Maniac' McGee probably would have had a nice normal life if an accident hadn't killed both his parents and left him an orphan. He was then raised for several years by an aunt and uncle who hated each other and divided everything in the house, even him, as much as they were able. One day it all became too much for him and he ran and ran and ran away. When he finally stopped running, he was in a town which was very racially divided and he's white boy butt was on the wrong side. But Maniac didn't care. He found a family that was happy to take him in and for the first time in a long time, he had adults who cared about him and even siblings to play with. But then trouble started and he ran again. And again. And again. Every time trouble would start, he would run but he kept running to different parts of the same town. Something there made him want to stay and eventually, he even found a way to have a home with the family he wanted to be with and who wanted him to be with them.
A sweet tale about someone who found a unique way of dealing with racism and the lemons that life gave him but I'm not sure that teaching kids to just keep running is the greatest thing.
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