Max the Mighty -- Rodman Philbrick, Mass Market Paperbound

A companion to Newbery Honor winning author Rodman Philbrick's Freak the Mighty. This is the dramatic, heart-wrenching tale of Max and Worm, two outsiders who turn to each other for survival.

Meet Max Kane, the brooding giant-of-a-boy who escaped from his basement hiding place and faced the real world in Freak the Mighty. Still grieving over the loss of his best friend, Kevin, Max finds himself defending a young, solitary girl cruelly nicknamed Worm because she loves to read. And when Max gets blamed for a horrific crime, he and Worm flee across America--hunted by the police and pursued by the mysterious man known as the Undertaker. The only way the teens can survive is to confront Worm's darkest and most revealing secret. And that means facing something more frightening than death itself.

Author: Rodman Philbrick
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Published: 09/01/1998
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 6.70h x 4.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780590579643
Age Range: 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 30694 / Max the Mighty

Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/12/1998

About the Author
Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick has written more than a dozen novels for young readers. In 1993, he published his first children's book, Freak the Mighty, which became an instant classic, and was made into a feature film. The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg was a 2010 Newbery Honor Book. Philbrick's other acclaimed novels include Max the Mighty, The Young Man and the Sea, The Last Book in the Universe, Zane and the Hurricane, and Wildfire. Philbrick divides his time between Maine and the Florida Keys. You can learn more about him on his website: rodmanphilbrick.com.