Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
Current Events & Pop Culture
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Sample of Current Events & Pop Culture
Allergic to Pizza… For Real
One of Maniac's most unbelievable, perhaps even legendary quirks is his allergy to… wait for it… pizza. Gasp! As crazy as Spinelli probably thought this was when the book came out, there is actually something to it. People today can be allergic to anything and everything, and there are lots of ingredients in pizza—and as such, lots of ways to be allergic to it.