At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.
"At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team."@en
"At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team."
"At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team. An established writer of adult suspense makes a stunning entry into children's literature with this extraordinary novel about two boys - a slow learner too large for his age, and a tiny, crippled genius - who pair up to create on formidable human force."@en
"Maxwell und Freak sind ein ganz besonderes Gespann. Der riesengrosse und vermeintlich geistig zurückgebliebene Maxwell hat sich mit dem blitzgescheiten, aber körperlich behinderten Kevin, genannt Freak, zusammengetan. Gemeinsam sind sie Freak der Starke und gehen auf Abenteuerfahrt. Soweit, sogut. Doch beider Handikap macht sich immer wieder bemerkbar: Maxwell kann wegen verdrängter Kindheitserinnerungen, die mit der Ermordung der Mutter durch den Vater zu tun haben, seine intellektuellen Fähigkeiten nicht entwickeln; Kevin aber steckt in einem Körper, der nicht mit dem Wachstum seiner inneren Organe mithalten kann. Seine Lebenszeit ist beschränkt. Intensiv erlebt er, auf den Schultern seines Freundes reitend, das Hier und Jetzt. Kevin gelingt es, seinem Freund Vertrauen in dessen eigene Fähigkeiten beizubringen. Er sorgt dafür, dass Maxwell anhand eines persönlich zusammengestellten, "freakigen" Wörterbuchs lesen lernt. Kurz bevor er stirbt, übergibt er seinem Freund ein weiteres Buch, diesmal eins mit leeren Seiten. Nach einer langen Phase der Trauer, der Hoffnungslosigkeit macht sich Maxwell daran, die Geschichte ihrer Freundschaft aufzuschreiben. - In diesem faszinierenden Jugendroman wird Leben und Sterben in zahlreichen Facetten am Schicksal der beiden Protagonisten gespiegelt; die beiden stehen für den geistigen sowie den physischen Tod. Eine spannende Lektüre für Jugendliche, die sich differenzierter mit Fragen nach Leben und Sterben auseinandersetzen wollen. (Quelle: R. Fassbind-Eigenheer, Und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind ..., Kommentierte Liste von Bilder-, Kinder- und Jugendbüchern sowie Fachliteratur für Lehrerinnen und Lehrer zum Thema "Sterben und Tod", Pestalozzianum Verl., Zürich, 1999)."
"Charts the friendship between two mis-fit boys; Maxwell, who is bullied because of his mental slowness and enormous size, and Freak, who is smart and funny but suffers from a rare genetic condition, which inhibits the growth of his body."@en
"At the beginning of the eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team."@en
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