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Freak The Mighty

Freak The Mighty, is the book I read for my book club. It is about how the main characters " Max and Kevin ". When they were in day care they were friends. But one day Kevin, or his nick name "Freak", did not come to day care one day, and Max never saw him again. Until one afternoon Max was in his backyard and saw a moving truck coming up in the driveway  next door, and it was Freak. He had crutches and was very short. Freak was disabled, his insides grow but his outside doesn't, that is why he is short. Later that day Freak went over Max's house, but went home early because his mother got terrified that she didn't find Freak int the backyard where he was suppose to be.

After that everything was good. Later throughout the book, Max and Freak go on allot quests ( that's what Freak calls theres adventures). On one of their " Quests" Freak showed Max a hospital. Freak told Max that in that in that  hospital Dr. Spivak  will be making a robot body for him. Which meant the doctor would replace his body for a robot body, but it will work exactly like a regular body, but it just takes time to get used to and how to control.  Everyday they would be going on these journeys, and one of them was going to the park, to celebrate Fourth of July, by watching the fireworks. But what happened was while the fireworks ended, Tony D and his gang were talking to Freak and Max, but seemed like they wanted to start something. So as Max put Freak on his shoulders, Freak directed Max where to run so Tony D and his gang wouldn't catch up to them. But Max has only then noticed he had stepped in the mud, and started to sink, and Tony D and his gang started to throw rocks at them but did not succeed. After that the cops came and stopped all the nonsense.

 But then came Christmas Eve. Everything started just fine. Grim, Gram ( Max's grandparents ), Freak, and the Fair Gwen ( Freak's nick name fro his mother ) all went over Max's house for Christmas Eve. But on the night of Christmas Eve when Max went to sleep, he felt this cold breeze ( he lives in the basement and calls it "the down under" ) but the only cold breeze he felt was of someone breathing. It was his father. His father was sent to jail for killing his wife, Max's mother. He takes Max under a streetlight an talks to him. Next he takes him to Loretta Lee's and Iggy's house ( people from the town ), and Killer Kane ( Max's father's nick name ) tied Max up to him just to make sure he wouldn't run away. But instead Iggy took them into an old Lady's abandoned house, the cops almost caught them so Killer Kane took Max to an old burned Testament building. He tied up Max to a pipe, while waiting for Iggy to rent him a car so Max and him could live together on the road.

A few minutes later Max heard some foot steps. It was Loretta Lee. Last time him and Freak accidentally found her purse and she was really fresh with them and so was Iggy. But as she pointed the light from her flashlight on Max, she told him she was here to help him get out while Iggy distracted Killer Kane with the car. As soon as she finished untying him, Killer Kane came right from behind her and started choking her to death! He kept squeezing her neck so hard every time, it seemed as if he was sucking the light out of her very slowly. As soon as Max saw his dad do that he had a flashback remembering that it was his dad who killed his mom. He remembers what he was wearing, and how he choked her, and ended up killing her! Max got up quickly and started telling him to stop, and tried to take his hands off Loretta, but his dad was so strong that he couldn't. So  he started yelling " I know you killed mom daddy ", " Stop it your going to kill her!". Max kept repeating how he saw how his dad killed his mom. As soon as Killer Kane heard that he grabbed Max by the neck, it was if he was choking him too! But then cam Freak out of no where. Killer Kane released Max. Freak said that his water gun was filled with a colorless acid. Killer Kane believed him. But as soon as Freak sprayed him in the eyes, Killer Kane started rubbing them so hard. But it was actually water, vinegar, and Currey powder in the water gun. Freak has saved Max's life. Loretta was alive but sent to the hospital. Max had bruises on his neck, so went to the Hospital and back to the police station.

Everyone was so terrified of what had happened. Freaks mom was mad because he also could have gotten into danger. But now Max has to sleep upstairs fro safety. That night Grim got a call saying that Killer Kane has been plead guilty, and will be in prison for 10 years. It was Freaks Birthday now. And he had a Birthday party with Max, Grim, Gram, and his mom. Freak didn't eat much, he also didn't eat his cake that much. But when he saw the lap top that he really wanted, that Max gave him, he started showing Grim how to play 3D chess, while everyone else helped clean up in the kitchen. But after a few minutes Grim yelled " Freak!", and they all knew that wasn't a good sign. When they went into the living room. Gwen ( Freak's mom ) said he was having a seizure. At that minute they dialed 9-11.

When Max went to go visit Freak he had to go through allot of doors and hallways to get to him. When he went into his room he just saw Freak lying there on the bed with tubes that went into him. Freak gave Max a new book. But it was empty. Freak has told Max before he had to leave, to fill this book with all their adventures written inside of it. When Max went home he woke up early enough the next morning to go visit Freak and come back home just in time for breakfast. When he got into the hospital, and into the room where they kept Freak. There were a bunch of nurses crying everywhere he looked. Finally one of them came up to Max and ask if he was Max. and when he said yes. The nurse just left crying. He could already tell what had happened. He went running through the halls to get to his room. He broke a glass window in order to get there, but couldn't brake through a regular door. Cops came around him, and finally Dr. Spivak came to him and started talking to him. Max had asked her why she used him for the robot body. She told him that Freak only said hat so you wouldn't worry. He looked up his disorder in his Dictionary and knew he wasn't going to live a long life. His heart has gotten to big for his body.

Max was really upset. He didn't go to the funeral, or said bye to Gwen who has moved to California and has a boyfriend now. But he came outside one day and saw Loretta Lee. She was wearing a neck brace because of the injury. But she has told something to Max that changed his way of thinking. And before you knew it he felt better, and started writing the adventures Freak The Mighty has had ( Freak The Mighty is what they had called each other )

I recommend this book to readers who like drama, suspense, and mysterious books. I really liked it. In the beginning it was hard to understand, but as you read through it you'll understand it better.