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Amanda Beale
Maniac Magee (film)
I East End går Jeffrey forbi en skole og møder en sort pige på hans alder ved navn Amanda Beale (Kyla Pratt). Jeffrey går først ud fra, at hun er på flugt, da hun bærer på en stor kuffert, men Amanda fortæller ham, at det er hendes bagage med forskellige bøger. Amanda spørger Jeffrey, om han ved, hvor han er i betragtning af sin hudfarve, og Jeffrey svarer hende nej. Bagefter opfordrer han hende indtrængende til at lade ham låne en bog til at læse og lover at bringe den tilbage til hende. Jeffrey går hen for at læse bogen under et træ og fanger opmærksomheden fra bølle Mars Bar Thompson (Orlando Brown) og hans ven Bump Gilliam (Shan Elliot). Mars går ud for at slås med Jeffrey og river siden ud af Amandas bog i processen. Amanda kommer over og skælder Mars ud for at gøre det og sender ham væk. Amanda tager Jeffrey med over til sit hus, så han kan ordne hendes bog. Han tapes den perfekt sammen, så Amanda knap nok kan se, hvor den var revet i stykker. Jeffrey møder Amandas mor Martha (Rolonda Watts), som går ud fra, at Jeffrey ikke er fra området. Da Amanda spørger, om han kan blive til middag, tillader hendes mor det ikke, indtil hendes yngre børn, drenge- og pigetvillingerne Lester og Ester, opfordrer indtrængende til, at de ønsker, at han skal blive. Efter middagen kører mr. Beale (Richard Lawson) Jeffrey hjem, men opdager undervejs, at han ikke har noget hjem at tage hjem til. Han kører Jeffrey tilbage til huset og har en snak med Martha, der viser bekymring over, at han er der. Martha overtaler ham til at lade Jeffrey blive og vinder ham over. Jeffrey får lov til at blive i et stykke tid.
Amanda Beale
Maniac Magee (film)
On the East End, Jeffrey runs by a school and meets with a black girl his age named Amanda Beale (Kyla Pratt). Jeffrey first assumes she's running away since she's carrying a large suitcase, but Amanda tells him that it's her luggage of various books. Amanda asks Jeffrey if he knows where he is given his skin color and Jeffrey tells her no. Afterwards, he urges her to let him borrow a book to read and promises to bring it back to her. Jeffrey goes to read the book under a tree and catches the eye of a bully Mars Bar Thompson (Orlando Brown) and his friend Bump Gilliam (Shan Elliot). Mars goes to pick a fight with Jeffrey, ripping the page out of Amanda's book in the process. Amanda comes over and scolds Mars for doing that and sends him away. Amanda takes Jeffrey over to her house so he can fix her book. He tapes it up perfectly Amanda could barely see where it was torn at. Jeffrey meets Amanda's mother Martha (Rolonda Watts) who assumes Jeffrey isn't from the area. When Amanda asks if he can stay for dinner, her mother doesn't allow it until her younger children, boy and girl twins Lester and Ester, urges that they want him to stay around. After dinner, Mr. Beale (Richard Lawson) goes to drive Jeffrey home only to discover along the way he doesn't have a home to go to. He goes to take Jeffrey back to the house and has a talk with Martha showing concerns about him being there. Martha persuades him to let Jeffrey stay and wins him over. Jeffrey is allowed to stay for a while.
Maniac Magee (film)