Mrs. Beale Quotes in Maniac Magee
[O]ne day […] Mrs. Beale said it: "You that Maniac?"
He told her what he told everyone. "I'm Jeffrey. You know me." Because he was afraid of losing his name, and with it the only thing he had left from his mother and father.
Mrs. Beale smiled. "Yeah, I know you all right. You'll be nothing but Jeffrey in here. But—” she nodded to the door —"out there, I don't know."
She was right, of course. Inside his house, a kid gets one name, but on the other side of the door, it's whatever the rest of the world wants to call him.
Mrs. Beale Quotes in Maniac Magee
[O]ne day […] Mrs. Beale said it: "You that Maniac?"
He told her what he told everyone. "I'm Jeffrey. You know me." Because he was afraid of losing his name, and with it the only thing he had left from his mother and father.
Mrs. Beale smiled. "Yeah, I know you all right. You'll be nothing but Jeffrey in here. But—” she nodded to the door —"out there, I don't know."
She was right, of course. Inside his house, a kid gets one name, but on the other side of the door, it's whatever the rest of the world wants to call him.
