Maximum Ride
Book one: The Angel Experiment
By James Patterson
Maximum Ride is also the main character in this fast paced, suspenseful adventure novel about six children to young adult characters that have had their DNA manipulated to include Avian. Yep, they have wings. Functional, too. They can sore with the birds. They’ve managed to escape from the “School” and the Erasers, boys that have had their DNA mixed with a dog or wolf. Most times their features are hidden, but when they choose, they morph into dog features: canines, claws, and always strong.
After four years, their little troop believes they are off the “School’s” radar until Angel, a six year old little girl and the youngest of their group, is captured. Max, Fang, and Nudge race after them, leaving Iggy and Gasman at home. Before they can reach the “School”, Max sees another little girl being threatened by older boys. She wouldn’t be Max if she didn’t try to protect her. Promising to meet up, she confronts the bullies. Once their target changes to her, she runs (not fly) and leads them away from their first prey, except these boys have guns, and she is shot. Can she trust anybody, because she isn’t flying away?
In the mean time, Iggy and Gasman are depressed that they’ve been left behind. Their boredom leads them to make ingenious traps to throttle the Erasers from attacking again. Their preventive measures are good, because a second attack comes and the Erasers aren’t taking any prisoners. After their next run-in, Iggy and Gasman follow their leader.
Maximum Ride isn’t just about staying together, but keeping ahead of the “School” and their Erasers, finding their parents and why this was done to them, and how else their DNA has been manipulated. James Patterson has a knack of grabbing the reader’s attention and pulling you into his novel headfirst. Do not look for a lot of character depth or details, but fast action from the get go.
Book one: The Angel Experiment
By James Patterson
Maximum Ride is also the main character in this fast paced, suspenseful adventure novel about six children to young adult characters that have had their DNA manipulated to include Avian. Yep, they have wings. Functional, too. They can sore with the birds. They’ve managed to escape from the “School” and the Erasers, boys that have had their DNA mixed with a dog or wolf. Most times their features are hidden, but when they choose, they morph into dog features: canines, claws, and always strong.
After four years, their little troop believes they are off the “School’s” radar until Angel, a six year old little girl and the youngest of their group, is captured. Max, Fang, and Nudge race after them, leaving Iggy and Gasman at home. Before they can reach the “School”, Max sees another little girl being threatened by older boys. She wouldn’t be Max if she didn’t try to protect her. Promising to meet up, she confronts the bullies. Once their target changes to her, she runs (not fly) and leads them away from their first prey, except these boys have guns, and she is shot. Can she trust anybody, because she isn’t flying away?
In the mean time, Iggy and Gasman are depressed that they’ve been left behind. Their boredom leads them to make ingenious traps to throttle the Erasers from attacking again. Their preventive measures are good, because a second attack comes and the Erasers aren’t taking any prisoners. After their next run-in, Iggy and Gasman follow their leader.
Maximum Ride isn’t just about staying together, but keeping ahead of the “School” and their Erasers, finding their parents and why this was done to them, and how else their DNA has been manipulated. James Patterson has a knack of grabbing the reader’s attention and pulling you into his novel headfirst. Do not look for a lot of character depth or details, but fast action from the get go.
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