Meet the Cast
Max Kane
Butthead ExtraordinaireWhat can we say about Max that he hasn't already said about himself? He calls himself a butthead, a hulk, dumb, brainless, a moron, a butthead a few more times, a goon… sho...
Freak (Kevin)
"The young man is a genius," Grim is saying. "And I don't use that word lightly." (15.28)Neither do we, Grim. But we're pretty sure that's just what Freak is: a genius.Freak is a freak for robotics...
Kenny "Killer" Kane
Even though Killer Kane only rears his evil head for five chapters, his presence looms large over the whole book. He is the cause of all of Max's problems. Max spends his entire life waiting for hi...
The Fair Gwen
Gwen is one of the few characters in Freak the Mighty whose outside appearance reflects who she is on the inside. And boy is she beautiful, inside and out. Max spends quite a few paragraphs describ...
Grim and Gram
From the beginning of Freak the Mighty, Max tries to distance himself from his grandparents: Gram and Grim, bless their pointed little heads, they're my mother's people, her parents. (1.3)Max tries...
Iggy and Loretta Lee
IggyThis guy is bad news. Not Killer Kane bad, definitely not someone you want to run into in a dark alley… or a well-lit alley… or any alley anywhere. He's the leader of the motorcycle gang "T...