So one night he ran away. He was sleeping in bushes and deer pens. Eating carrots, apples, and day-old hamburger buns. People that become homeless can end up living up in temporary homes. Maniac lived for awhile with the Beale family, the McNab family and Grayson.
Homelessness is a serious problem.
You can see that if you read the book Maniac Magee. Written by Noelle Maniac Magee there he'd sit with no home for him to live. He was homeless you could probably guess . Homelessness was a case you would never want to live with. Maniac Lionel Magee that was his full name.