Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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Book Reviews of Freak The Mighty
Book Review: Freak the Mighty KG Ms.Raniere Period 4
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Book Review: freak the mighty
Summary: 5 Stars
My book is called Freak the Mighty, written by Rodman Philbrick. This is a fiction novel, which I loved, mostly because it is fiction. This story receives five stars from me because of its great, eager to lead you on, feeling in the story.
It is a story about a small, smart crippled kid, named Freak and a titanic, not so smart kid, named Max (nickname Mighty). Freak and Mighty have seen one another in peer school. Max`s (Mighty) dad is in jail and his mom has passed away. He lives with his grandparents(Grim and Gram). Mighty stays in his room in the basement all day and comes out only for school. One day, while he is watching people move into his old house across the street, he sees a small,crippled boy playing with a flying plane. He remembered that this boy had light blonde hair from peer school and realized it was Freak. The plane got stuck in the tree and Max went to go lift up Freak to get the plane, but Freak was scared and ran inside saying, " I don't need help." Max left to go back inside. The next day at school, Mighty went for extra help to read and his tutor was Freak. Everyday after school, they stayed to help Max with his reading. They became great friends. Freak would sit on Max's shoulders and they became one called Freak the Mighty. Together, they would fight crime and do good deeds.
In my opinion, I think this book would be great for ages eleven and up. My favorite character was Max because he proved that he could be smart and he could do better than his Dad. I also liked him because he was a big and strong boy.
Book Review: A Must Read for Middle School Students
Summary: 5 Stars
Conventional writing wisdom is that the first few lines of a story should grab the reader. Consider this opening paragraph:
"I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for a while, and that's the truth, the whole truth. The unvanquished truth, is how Freak would say it, and for a long time it was him who did the talking. Except I had a way of saying things with my fists and my feet even before we became Freak the Mighty, slaying dragons and fools and walking high above the world."
From there, Rodman Philbrick, the author, leads readers through a story of two boys who individually confront traumatic pasts as well as struggle day-to-day with their disabilities. Maxwell is a huge 7th grader who is diagnosed with a learning disability; his father killed his mother and is prematurely released on parole. Kevin is a genius dwarf with Morquio Syndrome; his father also abandoned him and his battle is against time and the limitations of his diseased body. Together they become an inseparable team.
With Kevin riding high on his shoulders, Maxwell learns he not only can "slay dragons," but defeat town bullies and overcome his fears about his father and school. Kevin finds an invaluable friend who loves and respects him.
Philbrick weaves their stories together masterfully. I love the voices of the two characters, the layers of meaning, and how Philbrick brings us a story about friendship and acceptance, as well as about death and healing. '
Book Review: My Version Of Freak the Mighty November 24, 2001
Summary: 5 Stars
I really enjoyed Freak the Mighty (...). It really touched my classmates and I. Some of us were actually crying tears. But I liked the beginning and the end, I just didn't like the last part of the story. I really thought it was funny when they were calling Max, "Maxi Pad", but I didn't like the fact that they were making fun of him by that name. I Think it's just cruel. I would definitly recommend this book for someone else to read because it's really an enjoyable book to read, it has a lot of funny parts in it. But it's also touching too. This book taught me a lot. It taught me how to love myself more, how to be more sincere of myself, how to feel comfortable about myself and not to be ashamed of who I am, and it also taught me to be more concered about myself. I thought the auther's style of writing was very creating, funny, unique, interesting, and outstanding. I wish I could meet the author of this so I can tell him how amazed I was of his writing. My words can't even explain how I feel about this story. This book was definitly appropriate for my age group because it has different words in it that you've probably never heard of. And it teaches you to be more of person than you probably are to people and yourself. I think the author should have had more mysteries in it than he did. He also should have ended more positive. FREAK THE MIGHTY IS THE BEST BOOK EVER TO READ. I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO READ MAX THE MIGHTY BECAUSE I KNOW IT'LL BE AS GOOD AS FREAK THE MIGHTY. PEACE OUT YA!!Book Review: WHAT I THINK ABOUT FREAK THE MIGHTY
Summary: 5 Stars
Freak the Mighty was about how Max who is a very large child and has a learning disability went to preschool with Kevin (Freak) who is very smart but shorter than a yardstick because he has a growing disability. They move away from each other and about eight years later they become neighbors, best friends, and Freak the Mighty. They go on treasure hunts, adventures, and Freak even discovers a way of helping Max get over his learning disability.I really liked Freak the Might because it is a very realistic book. I definitely do not think it is strange that Max and Freak are friends. I actually think that it would be comforting to have a friend that had a disability, like you. I also liked this book because it was very sad towards the end. I really like sad books because most of them let me know how fortunate I am to have the things that I have. For instance, this book let me know how fortunate I am to not have any major disabilities.
I thought this book was very entertaining because Max and Freak were always going on adventures and secret missions. This was also one of those books that makes a very clear picture in your mind. It is almost like you are actually seeing this take place. Freak the Mighty is a book that you never want to set it down because you want to know what happens next. For instance, one night I stayed up until 11:00 reading it. This was a very good book and I would encourage anyone who has a chance to read it, take it!