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Kerry has been a teacher and an administrator for more than twenty years. She has a Master of Education degree.
In Chapter 10 of the Rodman Philbrick novel Freak the Mighty, Kevin takes Max on a treasure hunt. Little did they know that it would lead to saving a ''damsel in distress.'' Are Max and Kevin brave enough to face a real adventure?
Max keeps growing over the summer and is getting some muscle from carrying ''poor Kevin'' around, as Grim calls him. It annoys Max when people say ''poor Kevin.'' Can't they see how smart Kevin is? Max thinks Grim can be okay sometimes, but he acts like he knows everything, and he doesn't.
Max is hanging out in his room listening to music with headphones on when Kevin appears out of nowhere ready to go on a quest. Max is relieved to hear that this one does not involve walking.
Freak tells Max that he has identified treasure in the storm drain. They will have to wait until optimum (most advantageous) darkness at 3 A.M. so that no one will see them, and they must dress in black and cover their faces in soot. As they do not have a fireplace and have difficulty acquiring soot, Kevin and Max decide that rubbing dirt on their faces will work just as well. Max does not have a black shirt so Kevin offers to bring him one.
Max tries to go to sleep, but knowing he has to get up with his alarm in the middle of the night to hunt for treasure gets in his way.
At 2:30 A.M., Max gives up on sleep and waits for Kevin under his bedroom window. Kevin throws Max one of Gwen's blouses, but there is no way Max is going to wear it! Instead, he camouflages himself by rolling around in dirt. Kevin climbs out of the window and onto Max's shoulders wearing a Darth Vader costume minus the mask. On an already creepy night with no moon or stars to light the way, a cat running between Max's legs nearly makes him jump out of his skin.
When the boys reach the storm drain, Max tries to lift the lid, but it will not budge. It looks like they will have to use the retrieval device (bent paperclip on a kite string) as a back-up plan.
It is a purse! Kevin admits that he saw one of Blade's gang dropping it there yesterday. Inside, there is an ID that says ''Loretta Lee.'' Kevin is anxious to save this ''damsel in distress,'' but soon they find out that she is a ''damsel who causes distress.''
Max's intense admiration for Kevin's intelligence makes it difficult for him to understand why people are always feeling sorry for Kevin. Kevin's latest adventure is a treasure hunt in the optimum (most advantageous) darkness of the middle of the night. The boys camouflage themselves and sneak to a storm drain to find a purse. The identification inside reveals that the owner is named ''Loretta Lee.'' The boys have found a 'damsel in distress' and cannot wait to return her belongings to her.
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