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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, developmentally disabled, but kind-hearted boy, and Kevin Avery, nicknamed "Freak", who is physically disabled but very intelligent.
Freak the Mighty was later adapted into a movie titled The Mighty. He wrote the cyberpunk , dystopian novel The Last Book in the Universe and the science fantasy novel REM World . Other works for young readers include The Young Man and the Sea , which is dedicated to his nieces Annie and Molly, and The Fire Pony , about two brothers on the run ...
Max Kane helps Rachel, nicknamed "Worm" because of her love of reading, run away from her overly religious and abusive stepfather, whom Max nicknames "The Undertaker" because he drives a hearse and wears black clothing.
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The Mighty is a 1998 American coming of age buddy comedy-drama film directed by Peter Chelsom and written by Charles Leavitt.Based on the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, the film stars Sharon Stone, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson, Harry Dean Stanton, Kieran Culkin, James Gandolfini and Elden Henson.
The plot summary was rambling and all-but incoherent. I've replaced it with a much briefer but more informative one (quite well written, too) from an older revision [1] . -- Tony 01:30, 18 February 2008 (UTC) [ reply ]