Title: Freak the Mighty
Author: Rodman Philbrick
Published: October 1, 1993
Publisher: Blue Sky Press and Scholastic
Genre: Young Adult/ Middle Grade
Pages: 169
Review: library ebook
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. A wonderful story of triumph over imperfection, shame, and loss.
I remember reading this book back when I was a young kid and it really stuck with me. So out of the blue one evening I decided to see if my local library had the book rather it be paperback or ebook I wouldn't care. I wanted to introduce K into this amazing story that I just hoped would stick with him later on in the years as well.
As I started reading this to K as we read two chapters a night everything came back rushing back to me and I sat and wondered if K would feel just as sad as I felt at the ending.
Instead he asked questions which I really loved him doing that. He asked about what was wrong with Kevin and why would Max be so big. He wondered why Max's father would act the way he would. This story is one that I believe should be a required reading for middle grade. It is a great story on how two children learn to face what comes their way and more importantly how you can be an amazing friend to someone who is different than you. These two characters really go good together as they bring out the best in each other. The emotions that you get through the story is just superb and the plot is just amazing
If you haven't read this book I highly suggest you do it.
Aka William R Dantz, Chris Jordan, W.R. Philbrick.
Rodman Philbrick grew up on the New England coast, where he worked as a longshoreman and boat builder. For many years he wrote mysteries and detective novels. The Private Eye Writers of America nominated two of his T.D.Stash series as best detective novel and then selected Philbrick's 'Brothers & Sinners' as Best Novel in 1993. Writing under the pen name 'William R. Dantz' he has explored the near-future worlds of genetic engineering and hi-tech brain control in books like 'Hunger', 'Pulse', 'The Seventh Sleeper'. And 'Nine Levels Down'.
Inspired by the life of a boy who lived a few blocks away, he wrote 'Freak The Mighty', the award-winning young-adult novel, which has been translated into numerous languages and is now read in schools throughout the world. The book was adapted to the screen in 1998 as 'The Mighty', starring Sharon Stone, Gillian Anderson, James Gandolfini, Kieran Culkin, and Elden Henson.
Philbrick, a screenwriter as well as a novelist, is the author of a number of novels for young readers, including 'The Fire Pony', 'Max the Mighty', 'REM World', 'The Last Book In The Universe', 'The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds' and 'The Young Man And The Sea'. His recent novels for adults include 'Dark Matter', 'Coffins', and 'Taken'. He and his wife divide their time between Maine and the Florida Keys.
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