Name: Freak the Mighty
Brand: Rodman Philbrick
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'A small classic, funny-sad, page-turning and memorable' The Sunday Times'As funny as it is touching and convincing' The GuardianMax is used to being called Stupid. And he is used to everyone being scared of him. On account of his size and looking like his dad.Kevin is used to being called Dwarf. And he is used to everyone laughing at him. On account of his size and being some cripple kid. But greatness comes in all sizes, and together Max and Kevin become Freak The Mighty and walk high above the world.An inspiring, heartbreaking, multi-award winning international bestseller.

CONTRIBUTORS: Rodman Philbrick EAN: 9780746087251 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 190 g HEIGHT: 200 cm

PUBLISHED BY: Usborne Publishing Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / Art, JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Mystery & Detective, JUVENILE FICTION / Religious / Christian / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Bullying WIDTH: 138 cm SPINE:

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Interest age: from c 9 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Illness and specific physical health conditions, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying and harassment

A captivating, memorable story., A brilliant and poignant novel from a very talented writer. This is one of the best children's books of the year., Moving and inspirational., A small classic, funny-sad, page-turning and memorable... Suspenseful, touching and swiftly persuasive about its most unusual central characters, this remarkable book takes you through dark territory, but it is written with humour and simplicity. It celebrates language, loyalty and imagination, and leaves you smiling., A heart-breaking tale. "Freak the Mighty" offers everything you could possibly wish for in a novel ... Get reading now and prepare to sob your heart out.

Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick has written more than a dozen award-winning novels for young readers, but before he began writing children's books, he was a prize-winning author of mysteries for adults. Rodman Philbrick's first novel for young readers, Freak the Mighty, has nearly four million copies in print and won the California Young Reader Medal before its release as a feature film, The Mighty, starring Sharon Stone. Rodman Philbrick grew up in a small town in New England, and he currently divides his time between Maine and the Florida Keys.

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Very clear and well researched!

This book is very informative. It gives a clear distinction between religion and spirituality, which unfortunately has been a gray area for both ordinary people and many scholars. I thank Dr Radebe for this work, it is very refreshing to find a book about African spirituality (not religion) that is written from the perspective of a spiritually gifted individual while they are still alive.

AMAZING

I loved it so much WARNING very very spicy. Loved the plot twist at the end but the epilogue was kind of a bummer (in my opinion)

10/10!!

I absolutely adore this book and I think it’s probs one of my favs of the series other than the brothers Hawthorne which I just love! Jennifer Lynn Barnes is my fav author and I just love her writing! What really makes me love her writing so much is her characters, I get so attached to them and their stories I almost forget that they’re fictional. This is just an absolute masterpiece and an amazing edition to the inheritance games trilogy!

Die storie van Rebekkah-Nou en Rebekkah-Toe

Ek ken nie iemand wat as kind mislei en misbruik is nie. Ek ken nie iemand wat as elfjarige haar pa aan kanker afgestaan het nie. Ek ken nie iemand wat kompulsief opgaar tot op ’n punt wat dit sertifiseerbaar is as ’n siektetoestand nie. Ek ken nie iemand wat op onskuldige kinders jag maak nie. Tog is hierdie feitestelle so realisties aangebied en vervleg in ’n fiktiewe roman, dat dit ontredder en voel soos waarheid. Dit spreek relevante kwessies aan, noem die vergrype by die naam en in ontstellende detail.
Onder water is Rebekkah se verhaal, een wat sy as eerstepersoon verteller aan die leser oordra, “Toe” synde die gebeure wat begin in 2001. Die “Nou” tydsgleuf word aangebied in die derde persoon en skop af vlak voor Kersfees in 2022. Hierdie twee perspektiewe wissel deurgaans af en skets die ontkenning wat Rebekkah se lewe kenmerk en haar kanse op geluk kaap.
’n Koerantberig dwing gebeure uit haar grootwordjare, dinge wat sy onderdruk het, na vore en ontspoor haar grootliks. Ook die gebrekkige verhouding met haar ma word op die keper gedruk wanneer sy weereens haar ma se huis moet opruim. Die skrywer kon dalk iets meer van haar ma se herstel bygewerk het, maar dit is tog ’n positiewe aspek in ’n storielyn wat tot naby die einde, eerder negatief en neerdrukkend was. Dit was juis vanweë die moeilike temas wat dit hanteer, maar tog boeiend en meesleurend.
Onder water is die tweede roman van Henda Olivier, die eerste synde Die goeie suster. Dit boek word uitgegee deur Human & Rousseau, ’n druknaam van NB Uitgewers.

Grief has no timeline

I took a short breather after completing A thousand boy kisses by author, Tillie Cole, simply because the story tore my heart out. Reading the prologue to A Thousand broken pieces, emotion got the better of me right away, as the story picks up at the devastating point where Poppy loses her battle with cancer.
Four years after Poppy’s passing, Savannah, the sensitive and reserved one of the three Litchfield sisters, finds herself handicapped by grief, depression and anxiety. Her parent and younger sister, Ida, persuades her to embark on a therapy journey, visiting five countries of diverse cultures. The group is made up of six teenagers suffering from intense grief, following the loss of loved ones to a variety of traumatic events.
As the teenagers comes to terms with grief, the readers get the opportunity to grasp some of the depth of loss, get to understand just a little better – especially if you have only experienced “normal” loss, in sync with the process of ageing and eventual illness. “A loved one’s death wasn’t a onetime thing that you had to endure. It was an endless cycle.” (p. 58) “Grief was walking through a minefield with no protection or guide.” (p. 60) “If someone judges you for how long it’s taking you to move past a loved one’s death, be happy for them, because it means they’ve never experienced it.” (p.116)
I thought that I had read the ultimate love story in A Thousand boy kisses, but the bittersweet story of Savannah and Cael, the angry, broken boy who had lost his brother, was even more moving, be that possible.
The symbolism used is so touching, like the principle of wabi-sabi which teaches to embrace life’s imperfections, and broken pieces mended with kintsugi to be more beautiful than before. The author follows the same pattern, this time the story being told for the viewpoint of both Cael and Savannah, and the headings of the chapters adding to and even summarizing the story line.
If you have the guts to read a story that is bound to have you in tears, I can totally recommend A thousand broken pieces, and if possible, start with A thousand boys kisses. You can however, read the second one as a stand alone and pick up the main trend of the first story through flashbacks.
The book is published by Penguin Random House UK, and made available in South Africa by Penguin Books SA.

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