what was the girl's name in maniac magee
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.