69 pages • 2 hours read
Max the Mighty
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1998
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Introduction
Max the Mighty
- Genre: Fiction; young adult realistic adventure
- Originally Published: 1998
- Reading Level/Interest: Lexile 870L; grades 6-10
- Structure/Length: 30 chapters; approx. 166 pages; approx. 3 hours, 27 minutes on audio
- Protagonist and Central Conflict: Fourteen-year-old Max Kane, hero of Freak the Mighty, is accused of a crime he did not commit, so he flees with his newfound friend Worm. Soon, however, Max must overcome his fear and face truth and secrets.
- Potential Sensitivity Issues: Learning disabilities; bullying; domestic violence
Rodman Philbrick, Author
- Bio: Born in 1951; American author of adult mysteries and young adult novels; raised on the coast of New England; has experience as a longshoreman and boat builder; collaborated on juvenile series with his late wife, Lynn Harnett; winner of the Maine Library Association’s Katahdin Award (2020) for lifetime achievement in children’s literature
- Other Works: Freak the Mighty (1993); The Fire Pony (1996); The Last Book in the Universe (2000); The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg (2009)
- Awards: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award Nominee (2000)
CENTRAL THEMES connected and noted throughout this Teaching Unit:
- Doing the Right Thing Instead of the Safe Thing
- Reading as a Defense, and Reading as Inspiration
- Comforting Beliefs and Powerful Truths
STUDY OBJECTIVES: In accomplishing the components of this Unit, students will:
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