Kevin (Freak)
Freak is a small but intelligent boy who is friends with another boy named Maxwell. Kevin has morquio syndrome. the outside of his body cannot grow, and he knows he going to die one day. He has to walk on crutches. He is very smart and sarcastic, and he takes his dictionary everywhere he goes. Kevin is interested in robots and the tales of King Arthur. He calls his mom, Gwen, "the Fair Gwen of Air", and he calls his adventures with max "quests". "You think your just walking down this ordinary sidewalk and really you're crossing this dangerous bridge,..." (Philbrick 48). Kevin also has a very active imagination.