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Rodman Philbrick is an award-winning author of books for both adults and young readers. Writing since the age of sixteen, he has published more than a dozen novels and numerous short stories, articles, and reviews. His first novel for young readers, Freak the Mighty, published by the Blue Sky Press in 1993, was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Judy Lopez Memorial Award Honor Book, and an ALA Quick Pick. Freak the Mighty was made into the 1998 Miramax feature film The Mighty. Philbricks sequel, Max the Mighty, received starred reviews and his novel The Fire Pony received the 1996 Capital Choice Award. His most recent books for the Blue Sky Press are REM World and The Last Book in the Universe. Mr. Philbrick and his wife, also a writer, divide their time between homes in Maine and the Florida Keys. Max. Freak. Best Friends. Forever. I never had a brain until Freak came along.... Thats what Max thought. All his life hed been called stupid. Dumb. Slow. It didnt help that his body seemed to be growing faster than his mind. It didnt help that people were afraid of him. So Max learned how to be alone. At least until Freak came along. Freak was weird, too. He had a little body-and a really big brain. Together Max and Freak were unstoppable. Together, they were Freak the Mighty. MAX. FREAK. BEST FRIENDS. FOREVER.PI never had a brain until Freak came along. . . .PThats what Max thought. All his life hed been called stupid. Dumb. Slow. It didnt help that his body seemed to be growing faster than his mind. It didnt help that people were afraid of him. So Max learned how to be alone At least until Freak came along.PFreak was weird, too. He had a little body -- and a really big brain. Together Max and Freak were unstoppable.PTogether, they were Freak the Mighty.