Max the Mighty

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 Maxwell 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 so much.When Max gets blamed for a horrific crime, he and Worm are forced to run for their lives.

They flee across America -- hunted by the police, and pursued by the mysterious man known as the Undertaker.