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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 Quotes
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 Quotes
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 Character Timeline in Freak the Mighty
The timeline below shows where the character Mrs. Donelli appears in Freak the Mighty. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 12. Killer Kane, Killer Kane, Had a Kid Who Got No Brain
...midway through the day, Max starts to hear whispers in the hallway. In English class, Mrs. Donelli asks Max to stand up and say something about his summer. Max never speaks in...
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...as Freak says that sometimes, they’re nine feet tall and they slay dragons. Freak ignores Mrs. Donelli ’s request that they sit down and he guides Max around the room, leading the...
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Chapter 13. American Chop Suey
...13th was silly, but in October, he starts to reconsider. School is going well, and Mrs. Donelli is getting used to them. She knows by now that Freak is smarter and more...
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The tutor even makes Mrs. Donelli stop asking Max questions in class and quiz him during study hall instead. Max tells...
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Chapter 21. The Accident of Nature
...go back to school, everyone is jealous that they got their pictures in the paper. Mrs. Donelli puts up the photo from the paper on the bulletin board and another kid immediately...
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