Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli [FIRST EDITION] 1990 • Little Brown & Company

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli 

FIRST EDITION • THIRD PRINTING [1990] LITTLE BROWN & COMPANY

True 1st edition of this award winning coming of age classic.    Rare early pre-Newbery printing.  Custom refurbished ex-library copy in very good condition. 

Hardcover with dust jacket.  Dust jacket has some visible shelf wear; a few creases to laminate and mild fading.   Unclipped front panel with original $13.95 jacket price in tact.  Now housed in a new Archival quality Brodart jacket protector. 

All library materials have been removed from the book.  Book has stamp on title page.  Tape remainder marks visible on teal boards.  Reads nicely with mild read-wear. 

A Newbery Medal winning modern classic about a racially divided small town and a boy who runs.

Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadn't made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years, he decides to run--and not just run away, but run. This is where the myth of Maniac Magee begins, as he changes the lives of a racially divided small town with his amazing and legendary feats.