And, just like Superman, he has a mild-mannered alter ego: Maxwell McGrath, a 16-year-old high school kid with brown hair and a square jaw.

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She dashes off toward a little square of brown grass to take a leak.

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From late June through mid-August the family lives in Lake Placid, in a 3, 600-square-foot Adirondack-style home with bright yellowish-brown log walls and vaulted ceilings.

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