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People who read Maniac Magee learn so much about courage. Reading the book helps you because it tells you that when you’re in doubt of being “courageous” and risky, or “scared” but safe, it’s better to be courageous because most of the time, it will benefit you. And if it doesn’t, then you tried to make a better cause, at least. This is because Maniac showed a lot of courage time after time, and nothing that bad ever happened to him, and a lot of good happened to him. If everybody read this book (and of course thought the same I thought about it), then the world would be a better place by far. Also, there wouldn’t be any Social/Moral courage because if everyone was showing Social/Moral courage, you wouldn’t get embarrassed, excluded, rejected,
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