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| Freak the Mighty
by W. R. Philbrick | |
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Summary
| Two boys -- a slow learner stuck in the body of a teenage giant and a tiny Einstein in leg braces -- forge a unique friendship when they pair up to create one formidable human force. (Made into the film, The Mighty.) * A wonderful story of triumph over imperfection, shame, and loss. -- School Library Journal, starred review Compelling…written with energy and…humor. -- The Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books | |
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Characters
| Attributes | Father was imprisioned for murdering his mother; lives with his grandparents; teased by his classmates; becomes friends with Kevin | |
| Attributes | Genius; has a serious birth defect; wears braces and uses crutches | |
Genre
Topics
| Children with disabilities | |
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Two boys -- a slow learner stuck in the body of a teenage giant and a tiny Einstein in leg braces -- forge a unique friendship when they pair up to create one formidable human force. (Made into the film, The Mighty.) * A wonderful story of triumph over imperfection, shame, and loss. -- School Library Journal, starred review Compelling…written with energy and…humor. -- The Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books
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Rodman Philbrick is the author of six award-winning novels for young readers. His first novel, Freak the Mighty, won the California Young Reader Medal. It was received with great acclaim and has sold more than a million copies. The sequel, Max the Mighty, received starred reviews, and his novel The Fire Pony was named a 1996 Capital Choice. His more recent books for the Blue Sky Press are REM World; The Last Book in the Universe, which was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults; and The Young Man and the Sea, which received a starred review from School Library Journal. He and his wife live in Maine and the Florida Keys.
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Gr 5-8-By Rodman Philbrick. Max has been taunted all of his life as stupid and slow. When he meets Kevin, a tiny Einstein in leg braces, they defend the weak, right every wrong, and solve the mystery of Max's past. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Two eighth-grade misfits-one physically impaired, the other with a learning disability-become fast friends in a story PW found ``choked with clichés and stereotypes.'' Ages 10-14. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Gr. 6^-9. An overgrown kid with a killer for a father and his very bright classmate, who has a disability that stunts his growth, combine their strengths and find an enduring friendship.
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