There are not many novels that can be done as a novel study for a squirmy, ADD class of preteens. Not many books will hold their attention from page 1 to the end. Very few novels will have a class on the edge of their seats, and even fewer will be able to offer students from all socioeconomic levels some character with which they can identify.

Freak the Mighty is one of those very few.

This novel was introduced to me by a mentor teacher on my campus. This dear lady is an unsung hero and a second mother to me. Even though I adore her, I was skeptical as to whether or not this book was really as good for the kids as she claimed. I didn't give her enough credit.

Freak and Max are best friends who are total opposites: Freak is smart, Max isn't; Freak is small, Max is huge. They are both societal outcasts. They both have secrets. Their struggles and their friendship appeal to almost every kind of student. This novel is perfect for reluctant readers, and perfect for classroom discussion. Really, it is at its best when used in the classroom (it is mentioned in Trelease's The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition (Read-Aloud Handbook)).

What is so genius about this work is that Philbrick writes it in Max's ego-centric voice, so students can easily identify with it, but Philbrick uses the experiences of Freak the Mighty to refocus that ego-centrism into broadening the reader's frame of reference without the reader knowing it. The novel is simply beautiful: a fast-paced, well-knit read that belongs (and already is) in the modern cannon of literature. Highly, highly recommended.

A great young adult coming-of-age novel - especially for boys, I think. Freak (Kevin), a dwarf, and Max, extremely tall, are at once an unlikely and yet perfect match. Their friendship and reliance on one another has a child-like innocence and devotion that is very appealing. The story, told through Max's voice never allows us to feel pity for the characters. We do however, cheer their resilience and strength.

Some love this book, some pan it. I loved it. Philbrick specializes in creating deep characters who are very different but somehow form alliances based on discovered caring and talents. The story is uplifting and promotes healthy values. A quick read, and very hard to put down!

I thought this book was good...not really my taste, but it was well written. I needed it for a book report and It got sent to me by amazon quickly.

What a great story about 2 teenagers helping each other through a very difficult time. Funny, dramatic, thought-provoking, and wonderful! Also see the great movie of it, "The Mighty," with Sharon Stone and Kieran Culkin. Super!

Freak is small and disabled but has all the brains. Max is tall and strong but dumb. Even though freak is disabled he never lets people clown on him. Together they are known as freak the mighty.


This book takes place in a small town in about 1990. One main character is freak is disabled and is short but has a big brain. Another main character is max. People call him names like dumb, slow, and stupid. When they become best of friends they are known as freak the mighty. In the book Maxs dad goes to prison for murder but brakes out and kid naps him.


My favorite parts of the book are when freak and max go on secret missions and adventures together, so freak think thinks in his mind.


This book is about to friend named freak and max. Freak is disabled and short but does not let any one get him down. Max is tall, strong but not that smart. I think that the theme of the story is even though some on is disabled they can be good friend and fun to hang out with.


I liked the book freak the mighty because it is a fun book to read. I would not change any thing about the book. You should read this book because it is about two kids freak and max that don't let any one get them down and have each others backs.

Kevin is smart, creative and handicapped. Max is big and has some difficulty learning. Together they become Freak the Mighty and solve all of their problems - well, almost all of their problems. This is an especially poignant book that will appeal to kids who feel left out and alone. Freak's dictionary of terms in the back of the book is hilarious. This should be a must-read for every teenager.

This book is easy to read (hence targeted for junior high), yet contains a dramatic story worthy of adult study. Max and Freak bond as neighbors with opposite strengths and weaknesses, teaming up to take on the world in various adventures. Max learns some lessons about growing up as well. I highly recommend this book be read by parents as well as children, because it could lead to interesting and prosperous family discussions.

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This book is about two boys who had no life. Until one day this little boy came along and.Moved next to this kid named max the little boys named was kevin .The boys becamed friends they didalmost evrey thing togather but theirs one problem kevin is a criple but that was no problem for "Freak The Mighty"

Freak The Mighty was interesting but I didn't like the beginning when Maxwell was kicker. And I liked when Kevin and Maxwell become FREAK THE MIGHTY and they have their adventures. Summary of Freak The Mighty: Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick.

Freak the mighty is about this kid that is alone and that he thinks he had no brain untile freak came along his name is max maxwell. Freaks name is Kevin and together they called them selfs "Freak The Mighty". Mst of the time they spend their time together. Then Max finds out that his dad is coming out of jail. And when he gets to his house he sees the picture of him, his dad,his mom, iggie, and loretta.And then he starts screaming killer kane had a kid who got no brain.

Freak the Mighty,byRodman Philbrick is about Freak and Kevin.They were very best friends and every time he fell Maxwell Kane would help him.When Kevin died Maxwell Kane felt lonley.So then he came out running to see Kevin,but he couldn't.
I recomend this book for other people to read this book beacause it is interesting.But some parts are sad too.you could find it in the library and the other book too. I liked the part when the bad guys were following Freak and Kevin.Thats why I like this book.

Freak The Mighty,by Rodman Philbrick is about two boys Maxwell and Kevin
(a.k.a Freak).Max always thougt that he would never have a brain. But until a
crippled 12 & half year old came and began to teach him new things,Max began
to understand things better.With Freaks brain and Max's strength they became
''Freak The Mighty''.

I would recommend this book to a friend because it's sad, funny, and it had a
little bit of acction.But its an exciting book with all the adventures they had you
will want to keep reading it over and over again

What I liked about the book was that Max's and Freak's relationship as friends
was cool becuase they had eachothers back and they didn't let anybody mess
with eachother . Like if they were brothers.

Freak the Mighty, by Rodman Philbrick, is about a kid called Max that seemed his body growing faster than his mind did. Until Freak came along. Freak was weird too he had a small body-and a really big brain. Together Max and Freak were unstoppable. Together, they were Freak the Mighty.
I will recomend the book "Freak the Mighty" to a friend. The reason I will reccomend this bok to a friend is because it is a really good book with good characters too. My favorite character is freak. The rest are o.k. This book "freak the Mighty" is a great book.
My opinion about the book "Freak the Mighty is that it was a great book, but in some parts it was confusing. The reason I say this book was a great book is because I really liked how the characters acted in the story. And the reason I say it was kind of confusing is because of all those characters in there got me confuse, but at the end I got the hang of it. I recommend this book of "Freak the Mighty".

Freak The Mighty was a kind of cool book but at the same time it was boring. But I think that in some parts it was imtresting. And the characters were out of the ordinary. And the story seemed like a real story. And I think a lot of kids could relate to Maxwell because theirs a lot of kids who get punked and don't have any friends. Then they finally meet somebod and next thing you know thier friend goes away or smething happens.

Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick is about a kid named Max who has no mom and his dad is in prison for life for killing his wife. Max lives with his mom's parents who he calls Grim and Gram. A lot of people are scared of him because he looks like his dad,and they think he will be like his dad. One day he helps a small kid named Kevin (Freak for Max) get his toy (ornihopter) that is stuck in a tree. Later on they become friends and go on quests and become Freak The Mighty.

I would strongly recommend this book to a friend. I would recommend this book because it has a little humor to carry us along. Also it is suspensful. Finally, I would recommend this book because it is somewhat funny how the characters act at times.

I liked the part when Freak saved Max from his dad, Killer Kane by spraying him soap, vinegar, and curry powder in the eye. I Also I liked the part when they were being chased by Blade and his gang. Finally, I liked how Freak was the brain and Max was the legs of Freak The Mighty.

The book Freak the Mighty, by Rodman Phillbrick, is about two boys adventures. The names of the two boys are Freak and Max. Freak is short and has yellow hair. Max is tall and he looks like his own dad. At the begining of the book Max was mean ,because he always use to use his fiss to fight, and kids use to tell him "Kiler Kane had a kid who had no brain." He started being nice when Freak came along. Then freak and Max were Freak the Mighty. Then at hte end of the book they are not Freak the Mighty no more, because Freak dies.

Yes, I would recomend the book Freak the Mighty. I would recomend this book, because it's an exiting book. And when you start reading it, you won't whant to stop reading it. And i know people would like it. I would also recomend this book, because this is a good book with good characters. Anther reason I would recomend this book is, because I think it is a great book.

I like the book a lot, because when I saw the book cover I was thinking it was going to be a boring book, but now thet I read it all I liked it. Thats why they say to never juge a book by it's cover. I also took a test on the book Freak the Mighty and I got 100% on it.

this book was so boring i fell asleep with my eyes wide open.Any way the movie was
so cool some parts.

this book was good because it had a movie and we seen the movie. the movie was also cool

The book Freak The Mighty is by Rodman Philbrick.This book is about Max and Freak,Max needs a brain and Freak needs feet.When they are together it seems that they haveit.

Freak The Mighty by Robman Philbrick is about how a small boy named Kevin and a tall boy named Max became best friends.They also became Freak the Mighty slaying dragons , saving maidens , going on quests.But in the end Kevin dies and Max learned a lot from him.It was a great time had by Kevin and Max.

The book Freak The Mighty was about 2 kids named Max and Freak. Max was nothing without freak Then freak came along and they became best friends. Then Max was kidnaped by his dad and freak was the one who saved him then freak got sick and he died then max was in pain and months pass of his death and mak did want to go out until one day he finally came out and in his way to school he found Lorretta and he told him that doing nothing in life was a drag so after he begsn going to school and then after he started to write his adventures with freak and after he lived his life remembering Freak The Mighty. The End!!

Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick is about a seven feet tall boy named Maxwell .He makes freinds with two feet tall boy named Kevin.Together they become freak the mighty.They go on many adventures.They become best freinds.Everybody is scared of Max because he is big and his dad is a killer.The end of the book is sad because Kevin dies.His heart gets to big for his body and he dies.

Freak The Mighty Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick is a goodbook.sometimes it is funny like when freak says hes got acid but it was just soap vinager and currypowder. he sprayed it at maxs dad and he got blind for a minute. At last everething ends up good and max lives happally ever after

Freak the mighty, by Rodman Philbrick is about this dude named max kane, and all his live he has been teased and called dumb, stupid and slow.then he finds this small criipled boy named kevin. they were ne

Freak the Mighty, by Rodman Philbrick is about a boy who grows really big at a fast pace and another boy who doesn't grow at all from the outside, but his organs from inside his body are still growing, it's a disease called Molquiro syndrome. Well max is the one that grows big is lonely and discribes himself as stupid andbutthead. he struggles with bullies in school and is bad at everything. Then one day he gets a new tutor and it happens to be his new neighbor, the crippled kid, kevin but he calls himself freak. he ends up being rather very intellegent. He is like a dictionary. ever since they met, they became best friends and had all these adventures together. Max was like Freak's legs and freak was like Max's legs. but one day freak gets really sick and goes to the hospital. the rest i'll leave it up to you to figure out what happens next. freak the mighty is a very outstanding book. i really loved it. i really do recommend you to read this book.

Freak The Mighty, by Rodman Fhilbrick is about these two boys that become best friends. their names are Maxwell and Kevin. they called Maxwell Max and Kevin Freak. Freak was a boy with a small body and was smart. Max was a tall boy but not as smart as Freak.

I would recommend this book to a friend because I thought it was funny. I thought it was funny because I thought that it was a funny part when Freak squirted Killer Kane with water but making him think it was H2SO4 and supposly making him go blind.

The thing that I liked about the book was that it had some action. I like some books that have action because for me books or movies that have action are fun. One part in the book that had action was when the cops were chasing Max in the hospital and hand cuffed him.

THIS BOOK IS NICE AND SAD BECAUSE FREAK DIES.PEOPLE SHOULD READ THIS BOOK.IT'S INTRESTING SAD AND SOME CLUES TO SOLVE.THERES INTRESTING CHARACTERS AND SOME ARE LIKE SHAPES.THERES MAX HE'S QUIET.FREAK BIG MOUTH.KILLA KANE EVIL MURDERER.I GIVE THIS BOOK **** STARS BECAUSE THIS BOOK REALLY INSPIRED ME AND MAYBE IT WELL INSPIRE YOU

This book is interesting and sometines is is not interesting, for example some interesting thing are when Freak/Kevin saves Maxwell from his father thats almost at the end, well actually the end is very interesting it starts when Maxell find out that his father Killer Kane escapes from jail and whats revenge from his family and his son max so Mr.Kane goes and takes Max ,but Max can't do nothing becaus his afraid so then when th go hide from the police they g to a place where it use to be a testment so then they stay there and when a women named Loretta comes she gives Max a knife
so he could untie himself so then KillerKane find out and starts to drag Loretta trying to kill her.Then Max saves Loretta and they take Killer Kane to jail again. THE END

This book is about two boys one of them is named Kevin and the other is named Maxwell and their adventuresalso about how they became Freak the Mighty.Max is aboy who's mom died and his father is in jail also about how he has a small brain but a gig body.kevin is a boy who has a gig brain but a small body and about how he dies because he had a thing called molquirro syntrome.

Yes I would recomend this book to a friend because it has alot of adventures like when freak and Max saved the purse from Blade or also saddness like when Kevin died.


What I didn't like was when Kevin died because it was so sad and Max was depress.What i liked was when Max saved Kevins life.

Freak The Mighty, by Rodman Philbrick is about 2 kids named Kevin and Max. Kevin is smart but Max isn't. Kevin teaches Max how to read. They both become friends and they put them selves together to form Freak The Mighty. They have many adventures including one that includes Max's father. The book includes drama and excitement.
I would recomendit if you like drama or excitment. At first thought it was boring but now I started to like the book a lot. Know I know you should'nt judge a book by it's cover. READ IT!!!!!!!!! IT'S A GREAT BOOK!!!!!!!!!

Freak The Mighty,by Rodman Philbrick,this book is about 2 kids and their are Freak and Mighty.And other characters called lorreta,fair gwen,and Killer Kane.And also killer kane killed mightys mom

Rodman Philbrick has always been one of my favorite authors, and after reading this book (Freak the Mighty) I remembered why. This book really touched me and I really got into this book. I was very nervous and excited when something bad or good was about to happen. The ending even made me cry adn i am not a very sensitive person. The friendship between the two boys was wonderful and i think it touched anyone who read this book. This story was truly amazing and the sequel is awesome also. I'm sure anyone can realte to Freak the mighty at least one time in this book. Read this book, you'll love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a story about an extreamly tall boy named Max Kaine. He isn't the smartest kid in the world, so he keeps to himself. One day, someone moves into the house next to his. The boys name is Kevin a.k.a. Freak. He has a health condition where his bones have stopped growing but his internal organs are still growing normally. When Kevin and Max first meet, they don't see eye to eye. Then Max takes Kevin to a fireworks show and since Kevin is so short, he cant see. Feeling sorry for Freak, Max puts him on his shoulders creating Freak the Mighty. Over the next few weeks, Max continues to read King Aruthur and His Knights, the book Kevin gave him. Then we are around Christmas, all goes well until Kevin has an attack. When released from the hospital, Max and Keving go on their adventures. Then Max is kidnapped by his father. His father killed Max's mother when he was little and was sent to jail. Now on paroll, he takes Max to an old church and ties him to a furnace. After meeting Lorretta earlier in the book because they reutrned her purse, she comes and tries to save Max. She almost does but Max's father a.k.a. Killer Kaine starts to strangle her. FREAK TO THE RESCUE. He squirts water,soap,vinegar, and chili peper into his eyes and saves Lorretta. Will Max and Kevin keep having adventures? Or will something stop them abruptly?

Freak the Mighty is a good book if you like sad, action, adventure books. This book is about a kid who lives with his grand parents. This is because his mother was killed by his father.oneday Mighty was walking down the street trying not trip over his own feet. That is when he saw a kid saying something like don't drop that there computer in there or something like that. Then his mother said let them do there job .well If you want to hear more get the book.

Freak the Mighty is about two kids who have problems, Max has school problem, and lives with his grandma and grandpa. he can't read. Kevin is the other kid but he is smart really smart but he is like crippled. Kevin bones are growing to fast for him. It is about there averters, and how they become Freak the mighty, and how they tack on a kid named Blade. The biggest problem is Mr. Kane. There is a twist ending to the book as well.
I like this book because it is real to people who have problems like Max's and Kevin's. I'm like Max so I can relate to the book. It relates to people who have disabilities. I also like that there friendship growing and growing, and how the become like one person, how they became Freak the Mighty. Threw the out the book you see there friendship get stronger and stronger. You see how they help each other grow as friends and people and people. In it you can be real, but yet still it is Fic. The ending gets to you if you get in to the book. Max is the one who grows the most in the book

I never thought i'd become interested in something by readong only a little about it. Rodman Philbrick's Freak The Mighty sparked an interest in a disease that i have never heard about before, Morquio Syndrome. Rodamn Philbrick takes us through a young crippled by's sophisticated mind and his big, not-so-smart friend's life. The story is told by Max, a kid who has been plagued by the criminal past of his father. He is constantly poked fun at for his size and his lack of book smarts, but he takes us through the adventures of Freak The Mighty as if we were there, or at least wishing to be. His friendship with Freak is unforgetable. The two boys never give up on each other and they are constantly looking after one another in whatever way they can.
Freak's amusing, sarcastic comments are what kept me interested in this story. He subtly pokes fun of Max's stupidity throughout the book, but he's not rude about it. Freak does it in a way like two best friends would, wven though Max can never figure out what Freak is saying. The companionship between the two characters is much like real life in the sense that the bigger one takes care of the small one and the smaller one teaches the bigger one. There's a lot more to the story that just a crippled kid and a stupid kid; and the minds on both boys are there to take us through it.
Max lives at home with Gram and Grim, his grandparents. His father is in jail for killing his wife. Max finds it hard to consider his father a killer, but he doesn't attempt to think otherwise. He is constantly trying not to think about that night his mother was killed, a night of which he has only vague memories of. Gram is a sweet, old women who doesn't quite understand Max, but she remains sweet to him. Grim is the typical "grouchy" man. His grouchiness, however, brings a certain humor to the story and helped me to get a better feel for life at Max's house.
Freak, who is Max's next door neighbor, lives only with his mother. He calls her "The Fair Gwen." The Fair Gwen struggles to keep her curious, brilliant, and unfortunately crippled son under control. He tends to want to go out on his own and discover the world, but she can't always be there to assist him along the way. However, Max is there to take Freak wherever he wants to go whenever he wants. THat's where the name "Freak The Mighty" comes from. Freak decided to blend his and Max's best known qualities together to from the greatest realistic hero we've ever known.
In the story there is a bully around town who everyone calls Blade because he went to juvy for stabbing someone. Max is three times his size, yet he's scared to death of him. Freak pushes Max to stand up for himself and they go through some pretty interesting things because of Blade. Blade is a typical everyday bully until Freak The Mighty defeats him. Suddenly he becomes a little jerk who's not so scary after all.
Throughout the course of the book there are several interesting characters, one of which is Max's father. WHen Max's father comes out of prison, he takes Max through a whole different set of adventures. When it is least expected, Freak saves the day. I'll leave it to the reader to find out how.
The most important theme is about loyalty to friends. Max never doubts Freak and never lets him down. Freak never doubts Mac and always has the greatest confidence in his performance. This story sparks great anticipation in the reader, you never know what's next, or how the boys will handle what is presented to them. The two boys are constantly in their own world, learning new things, going new places and doing things they'd never be able to do without each other.
I enjoyed this book very much because it helped me to see things a bit differently in my life. It also helped me to realize that in a fit world, everyone has some unique difference about them. Some of us know what that unique difference is, and others need someone else to help them see that difference. If you want to see what happens to Max, Freak, Blade, Grim, Gram, The Fair Gwen and everyone esle who has a story to tell in Freak The Mighty, you'll have to read the book!

Freak The Mighty is about 2 boys who have been friends since preschool but haven't seen each other since. Freak, a little boy who has a growing issue moves next door to Mighty, a very tall and big kid. Freak has a growing problem meaning the insides of his body grow but his height doesn't grow at all, making it hard for him to walk around. These 2 boys call themselves Freak the Mighty because Freak rides on Mighty's shoulders and they pretend and imagine all sorts of things.
I really enjoyed this book because it had me wanting to keep reading and was usually interesting. It shows how a big strong kid can get along with a weak short kid and have fun together. Both of the characters have different personalities making the book more exciting. Although I really enjoyed Freak The Mighty it also had some things I didn't like as much. Mighty, who has a father in jail for killing his mother, comes back and takes Mighty with him to run away. During the 2 chapters this took place I found myself not being very interested because of the little amount going on. Some parts of the book seemed slow-paced like when Freak and Mighty met one another. Someone who is into sad but adventurous books would enjoy Freak The Mighty, but someone who gets very connected and into books they read would have a hard time with the sad parts in this book. A message I think this book points out is that it doesn't matter how someone looks. It is about how someone is on the inside and not the out side. Rodman Philbrick has a unique style of writing. When the story is boring, he spices up the story by putting a sad event in making it more exciting. I recommend Freak The Mighty.

Rodman Philbrick wrote a book that I have recently read, Freak the Mighty. Freak the Mighty tells a story about two boys, Freak and Max, who start life out not liking each other and then become the best of friends. Max is an extremely large kid who is not very smart, and Freak is a tiny kid who is extremely smart One day Freak decides he is sick of being small and wants to become big. Freak decides he is going to go to a lab at the hospital to get a bunch of tests for the size of his body so that they could fix the parts to fit his body. Freak is also aware of the risks he is taking. He is risking death or serious injuries.

I found Freak the Mighty to be very funny, but found the end very sad. one part that was funny was when Freak and Max are going to go on a treasure hunt and need to wear black; Max doesn't have any black things and Freak gives him his mother's night gown. There were also a lot of quotes I liked in this book. For example I like where Max says, "I'm sure it will hurt." Freak says, "So what, pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of anything, even pain." I really liked this book and I would encourage anybody from ten and over to read it.

My son's teacher read this book to the class and my son loved the book so much that I decided to read it so we could discuss the book together. Immediately captivated by the characters and the way in which Rodman Philbrick used our english language, I was unable to put this book down until I completed it and I'm almost 50! I applaud my son's teacher for choosing this book as a read aloud to the class. Wonderful story.

Freak the Mighty

"Freak the Mighty", by Rodman Philbrick, is a sensational book. It all started when Freak's mom moved back into Max's neighborhood. Max sees Freak one day and remembers him from day care. That's how they met once again.
Freak has this disease that his insides grow faster than his body does. Max, on the other hand, is about five times larger than Freak. Even though Max is five times larger, Freak is five times smarter. Freak has an enormous imagination that takes him and Max on troublesome adventures. We give this book five out of five stars because it had a mixture of drama, comedy, and mystery all in one.

by:Gabriella, Ariel, Tiffany

Freak The Mighty
By Rodman Philbrick
Reviewed by Kyle Gehnrich

In the novel Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, Max and Kevin are two totally opposite people. But as they say, opposites attract. This book starts by telling you about Max. Max is a huge kid but as dumb as a rock. He has problems in school, kids are scared of his height, his dads in jail, and his mom is dead. You don't find out why his mom is dead and his dad in jail towards the end. Anyway Max lives with his grandparents and he pretty much locks himself away from the world by living in his basement.

Kevin on the other hand is an extremely small kid because of his medical problems. Kevin is only 3 ft. tall, but he thinks like a genius. He can memorize every single word in the dictionary and can tell you everything about anything.

They became great friends and went on many adventures. With Kevin on top of Max's shoulders they are unstoppable, they are Freak the Mighty. It seemed like nothing could go wrong for them. They were wrong. They let Max's dad out of jail as long as he stayed away from Max. A warning wasn't going to stop him from getting his son though. Max knows he can be in trouble. Unfortunately for you, I'm not going to tell you what happens to Max and his dad, or Kevin.

I wasn't sure I was going to like the book the first time I picked it up. After I started reading it I couldn't put it down. I love how the author wrote it. Rodman Philbrick gave away the right amount of information at a time. Freak the Mighty is definitely one of my favorite books. Hopefully you will decide to read it too.

"Freak The Mighty" is a story about a slow boy named Max who is too big got his age and the one day when he meets Kevin, a small crippled boy with an amazing mind. They become the best of friends who go through thick, thin and Max's dad... This book was well written with good dialoged, but the story seemed to be lacking creativity. IT just appeared to be a touching story out of a lake of cliché. All in all it was a very good book that was easy to get into.