Two eighth-grade misfits-one physically impaired, the other with a learning disability-become fast friends in a story PW found ``choked with clichs and stereotypes.'' Ages 10-14. (May)
Meet Maxwell Kane, narrator of Freak the Mighty. He's a timid soul stuck in the body of a teenage giant with size 14 shoes. Haunted by a dark secret in his past, he hides out in his basement room, avoiding the world. But when a new kid moves in next door Max's life changes forever. The two outcasts form the `normal' world team up to become “Freak the Mighty.”
Like knights of old they defend the weak, right every wrong-and solve the mystery of Max's past. Proving once and for all that courage comes in all sizes.
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Like knights of old they defend the weak, right every wrong-and solve the mystery of Max's past. Proving once and for all that courage comes in all sizes.
Freak the Mighty
Meet Maxwell Kane, narrator of Freak the Mighty. He's a timid soul stuck in the body of a teenage giant with size 14 shoes. Haunted by a dark secret in his past, he hides out in his basement room, avoiding the world. But when a new kid moves in next door Max's life changes forever. The two outcasts form the `normal' world team up to become “Freak the Mighty.”
Like knights of old they defend the weak, right every wrong-and solve the mystery of Max's past. Proving once and for all that courage comes in all sizes.
Like knights of old they defend the weak, right every wrong-and solve the mystery of Max's past. Proving once and for all that courage comes in all sizes.
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BN ID: | 2940171964528 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Random House |
Publication date: | 03/11/2008 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
Sales rank: | 458,074 |
Age Range: | 10 - 13 Years |
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