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Freak the Mighty

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The ultimate hymn to doing life YOUR way. Max is used to being called Stupid. Kevin is used to being called Dwarf. But together they’re Freak the Mighty, walking tall! Max and Kevin both seem like poor contenders. Huge, slow Max is feared and bullied. (The fact that his dad killed his mum doesn’t help.) Kevin is smart, quirky, funny – and tiny. Everybody laughs at him. But greatness comes in all sizes. As Freak the Mighty, can they rise above the bullies and stand tall?

  • A hilarious, moving story of friendship and courage
  • Powerful themes of family, bullying, grief and pride
  • Winner – ALA Young Adult Book of the Year Award
  • The book that inspired the 1998 movie The Mighty

“A small classic, funny-sad, page-turning and memorable.” Sunday Times

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780746087251

Publisher

Usborne Publishing Ltd

Date published

March 1st, 2007

Lexile measure

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Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 5.4; Upper years; 5.0 points

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  • 192 pages
Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Rodman Philbrick

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Rodman Philbrick has been writing since the age of sixteen. He had published more than a dozen novels for adults before The Blue Sky Press published his first book for young readers, Freak the Mighty, which was made into the feature film The Mighty, starring Sharon Stone. Since then, he has won numerous awards and honors, including the prestigious California Young Reader’s Medal, the Arizona Young Reader’s Award, the Washington D.C. ‘Capital Choice’ award and the New York State ‘Charlotte’ Award.

Philbrick’s most recent novel for young readers, The Young Man And The Sea, draws upon his youthful experiences as a boat builder, and his vivid memories of growing up in a small town on the coast of New England. Working from a theme made famous by Ernest Hemingway, the story follows the thrilling boy-against-the-sea adventure of twelve-year-old Skiff Beaman, who risks his life to save his family by venturing far offshore in a small boat in search of the fabled giant bluefin tuna.

Other works by Rodman Philbrick include Max The Mighty, The Fire Pony, REM World, The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds, and The Last Book In The Universe.

Rod and his wife, Lynn Harnett, divide their time between Maine and the Florida Keys.

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  1. JapaneseStar
    on 22 May 2015

    It was such a lovely book about friendship and it was really moving as well, and sooooo emotional. I loved it! I just really want to thank my English teacher because she set it as our class book and is letting us watch the movie too!

    5out of 5

  2. natashakrywald
    on 8 March 2013

    funny