When Maxwell Kane, a young boy with a deceased mother, was in daycare, he had always noticed a small blonde boy with crutches and strange "robot" legs. Long after, the small boy was no where to be seen and Max grew taller and taller and spent his time living in his grandparents cellar. Later on, Max discovers the small blonde boy had moved into his neighborhood one summer before going into the eighth grade. As Max tries to patch up history with the small crippled boy named Freak, they happen to create strong and close unique friendship. However, maintaining a friendship and living a normal life is kind of hard when your imprisoned, murderous father kidnaps you in the middle of the night and takes you to a strange apartment. Read on in the book Freak the Mighty to find out if Max ever returns home and reunites with Freak.(Stephanie Santillanez)