Character Post III

Grayson was first introduced to the story when he saw Maniac lying outside the buffalo pen. Grayson loves baseball, he had been in the Minors and played as pitcher. His job now is taking care of the baseball field. Grayson originally lives at the Y, but moves in with Maniac at the band shell. Maniac loves it when Grayson tells him stories because he had so many stories about baseball. When Grayson tells Maniac he can't read, Maniac teaches Grayson how to read and is so proud of him when he read his first book. Grayson and Maniac have a wonderful Christmas. They have decorations all over the place and cut down two trees. Grayson died five days after Christmas.


Spinelli, Jerry.Maniac Magee. Park Avenue: Little, Brown and Company, 1990. Print.