Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli, ISBN # 978-0-316-80722-7

Maniac Magee is quite a guy, actually, you can call him a legend. In the span of 180 pages Manic, stopped potential gang warfare between the east side and the west side, taught an illiterate janitor to read, and helped two runaways return home, among many other things. Maniac seems to run all the time because he is always helping people. Truth is somewhat suspended in this book, because Maniac is like a superhero with sneakers. This was a fun and enjoyable book.