Max the Mighty
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| Max the Mighty | |
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| Author(s) | Rodman Philbrick |
| Genre(s) | Young adult fiction |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
| Publication date | 1998 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 166 |
| ISBN | 978-0590188920 |
| OCLC Number | 36705731 |
| Dewey Decimal | [Fic] 21 |
| LC Classification | PZ7.P52112 Max 1998 |
| Preceded by | Freak the Mighty |
Max the Mighty is a children's novel by Rodman Philbrick. Published in 1998, it is the sequel to Freak the Mighty.
[edit] Plot
On this sequel to 1993's Freak the Mighty, Maxwell Kane helps Rachel, nicknamed "Worm" because of her love of reading, run from her overly religious and abusive stepfather. Nicknamed "The Undertaker", he drives in a hearse and wears all dark black clothing. The Undertaker accuses Max of kidnapping Worm, so Max and Worm run away with Dippy Hippie on his bus, the Prairie Schooner. Along the way, they meet two con-artists, Frank and Joanie, who read about Max and Worm and a money reward for finding them. Frank then turns them in, and Max and Worm have to leave the Prairie Schooner. To take them the rest of the way they hop a train with Hobo Joe and arrive in Chivalry, Montana. They go into a mining tunnel and Max discovers that Worm's birth father has already died in a mining accident. The Undertaker arrives there with the police and Max and Worm run away in the tunnels. They meet Dip, and Max's grandfather, Grim. The police catch them, and then Worm runs back into the tunnel. She thinks about committing suicide to be with her father, but Max talks her out of it. The book ends with Max rescuing the Undertaker. Max frequently mentions his old friend Kevin throughout the book.
