Freak the Mighty
Rodman Philbrick (1993)
“A boy too big and a boy too small become one hero — and prove that the real quest is learning to see yourself through someone else's eyes.”
EraContemporary
Pages169
Difficulty★☆☆☆☆ Accessible
AP Appearances0
Character Analysis
Enormous, learning-disabled, and convinced he is his father's son in the worst possible sense. Max's self-assessment — stupid, dangerous, destined for nothing — is contradicted by every page he narrates. His journey from silence to storytelling is the novel's central arc. Max is not 'cured' by Kevin; he is revealed by Kevin. The intelligence was always there. It needed someone who assumed it existed.