Freak the Mighty

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Freak the Mighty

Freak the Mighty paperback cover
Author Rodman Philbrick
Country United States
Genre(s) young adult
Publisher Blue Sky/Scholastic
Publication date 1993
Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages 538
ISBN ISBN 0785765948
Followed by Max the Mighty

Freak the Mighty is a young adult novel by Rodman Philbrick. Published in 1993, it was followed by the novel Max the Mighty in 1998. The primary characters are friends Maxwell Kane, a large, very slow, but kind-hearted kid and his friend Kevin Avery, nicknamed “Freak,” who is physically crippled but very intelligent.[1]

The novel was also re-written as a screenplay by Philbrick, along with Charles Leavitt; the film was shot in Cincinnati, Ohio, and directed by Peter Chelsom, and released in 1998.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rodman Philbrick, Freak the Mighty, Scholastic Books, 1993.
  2. ^ Peter Chelsom, The Mighty, Chaos Productions, 1998.