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Maniac Magee Chapter 23

Chapter 23

With 30 Butterscotch Krimpets, a shower, and some clean clothes, the next stage of Maniac's journey through Two Mills has officially begun.
Grayson's a little concerned that Maniac doesn't go to school and has no intention of starting, but Maniac doesn't budge and Grayson doesn't push it.
This discussion gives us the best reason so far as to why Maniac doesn't dig school.
Turns out that Maniac thinks of school as a "day" home that complements your nighttime one. "School. Home. No, he was not going to have one without the other" (23.21).

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