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Mrs. Addison
Max and Freak’s English teacher. She’s a new teacher, so she doesn’t understand that Max simply doesn’t speak in class. Because of this, she tries to make Max speak—but she eventually gives up. Though Mrs. Donelli seems to have generally poor control of her class, she also does her best to meet Max where he is and reach him in a way that works for him. She’s very proud of the boys when they escape Kenny over Christmas break.
Mrs. Donelli Quotes in Freak the Mighty
The Freak the Mighty quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Donelli or refer to Mrs. Donelli. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 12
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I’m standing up straight, as tall as I can, and I’m marching exactly like he wants me to, right and left, backwards and forwards, and it’s like music or something, like I don’t even have to think about it, I just do it, and all those kids chanting our name [...]
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Chapter 13
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As a matter of fact I do know the answer—the reason Johnny Tremain got mad and hateful is because he burned his hand in a stupid accident—and I know about that because Freak has been showing me how to read a whole book and for some reason it all makes sense, where before it was just a bunch of words I didn’t care about.
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Mrs. Donelli Quotes in Freak the Mighty
The Freak the Mighty quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Donelli or refer to Mrs. Donelli. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 12
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I’m standing up straight, as tall as I can, and I’m marching exactly like he wants me to, right and left, backwards and forwards, and it’s like music or something, like I don’t even have to think about it, I just do it, and all those kids chanting our name [...]
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Chapter 13
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As a matter of fact I do know the answer—the reason Johnny Tremain got mad and hateful is because he burned his hand in a stupid accident—and I know about that because Freak has been showing me how to read a whole book and for some reason it all makes sense, where before it was just a bunch of words I didn’t care about.
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