FernFolio

Twelve year-old Maxwell Kane’s life is transformed when he meets Kevin. Despite the odds, the hulking giant who’s “never had a brain” and the fierce, mouthy genius locked in a crippled two-foot body become friends, and then more than friends. When they discover that, together they are more than the sum of their parts, Max and Freak become Freak the Mighty. Together they slay dragons and rescue damsels in distress. When Max’s killer father gets paroled from prison, and when Freak’s body begins to fail him, those dragons become all too real. Yet Freak the Mighty, and the boys’ friendship makes it possible for them to confront, and slay, even the most fearsome of dragons – fear and death.
Freak the Mighty was chosen by the Girls’ Book Club to be their second novel, along with Bridge to Terabithia. What an extraordinary piece of luck it is that these two novels both examine the power of friendship, the triumph over adversity, and the importance of remembering.
Rodman Philbrick’s novel is a must read!
FernFolio Editor