Summary Of Freak The Mighty And Bridge To Terabithia

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Freinds can change your life for the better. In Freak the Mighty and Bridge to Terabithia it shows us this. Max the protagonist and Jessie the protagonist both are lonely until someone special changes them for the better.
In both stories the main characters are both lonely. Max was always made fun of because he was so tall and stupid. Freak and Max became good freinds. Because of that, they were always together. At one point Freak started staying on max's shoulders. It was as if they were one person. They had the brain of Freak and the strength and tallness of Max. They started to become famous. Kids even chanting Freak the Mighty!
Jessie one of the main characters wasn't lonely because he was made fun of but because he socially

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