Freak the Mighty is about two boys who are completely opposite in appearance, but they are treated very much the same. Kevin is made fun of because of his physical appearance and his MPS disorder, and Max is made fun of because his father is in jail for killing his mother. The boys become close friends because of their "problems" and they help each other come to realize that in spite of how different their "disabilities" are, they are able to develop a close relationship with each other. This plot is the same in both the book and the movie, and there are many other similarities as well. There are, however, also many differences between the book and the movie.

There are many similarities between the book version of Freak the Mighty and the movie. First of all, the plot is the same in both the book and...