Characters based on Patterson's international bestsellers "When the Wind Blows" and "The Lake House" are reinvented in "Maximum Ride" and launched on the action-paced adventure full of suspense and humor. Abridged. 4 CDs.
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Grade 6-10–This book picks up exactly where The Angel Experiment (Little, Brown, 2005) left off. The six genetically engineered bird children have escaped from the wolf-hybrid Erasers again, Max is still hearing The Voice in her head, and she is still reeling from the revelation that Ari, the most persistent of all the Erasers, is dead by her hand and that he might be her brother. From this point forward, there is action, but no distinctive plot. The closest the story line comes to compelling is when the kids are taken in and enrolled in school by a seemingly kind woman who just happens to be a high-ranking FBI agent. It will not shock readers when it is eventually revealed that she has betrayed them. This book is full of as many twists, turns, and conspiracies as an episode of daytime drama. And just like a soap opera, it relies heavily on melodrama until the very end, whereupon readers discover that very little has actually happened. The story is disappointingly anticlimactic and violent. Still, it does have some appeal–the children continually outmaneuver their attackers without permanent damage. Plus, the talking dog they pick up during their adventures is sure to entertain.–Heather M. Campbell, Philip S. Miller Library, Castle Rock, CO
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Gr. 7-10. Max and her flock are back in this new volume in the Maximum Ride series, a follow-up to The Angel Experiment (2004). In a flying fight with Erasers, Fang is injured so seriously that the flock takes him to a hospital. It's obvious he's not a normal human (having wings and avian DNA), so it isn't long before the FBI shows up. Anne Walker, the lead agent, takes the flock home to her Virginia farm, where she tries to mother the kids and enrolls them in a nearby private school. Living a somewhat normal life for the first time, Max, 14, manages a date and a first kiss, and others in the flock begin the quest to find their birth parents. Then everything falls apart, and the six kids face betrayal and extreme danger. Patterson, an accomplished storyteller, once again demonstrates his ability to write page-turning action scenes, this time leavening the suspense with some surprising humor; at one point, Max declares that she's "Avian American." Fans of the first book will be delighted with this continuation of the story, even though the book leaves the fate of the flock wide open^B. For more about Patterson's jump into YA, see the adjacent Story behind the Story. Diana Herald
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This is a real page turner. If you are into the fantasy realm, this is the book for all of you!
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A definitive page-turner: Grips you by the collar and makes you read through it in one night, which unfortunately means it's over too fast and you find yourself hunting for the next one. A good read, though the plot is a little cliché at times. Definitely lots of laughs, and lots of action; drama is left for those who don't have giant evil corporations hounding their flight pattern.
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After reading the first Maximum Ride, I was blown away. As soon as I heard that there was a second one, I borrowed it from a friend, and read it right through. It was just as good as the first one I'd read!
We are swept along in the first few chapters by the Erasers (people who morph into owlves) showing up again and trying to kill the Flock. Fang nearly does get killed, but he survives, and the kids end up living with an FBI agent named Anne Walker as he recuperates. Enroled in an actual school, Fang and Max face larger problems than they may have ever encountered before: hormones. Iggy finds his parents, and the flock is forced to say good-bye. But soon their "normal" life is once more turned upside down when they discover that the school they were attending had something to do with Itex, a company that Max was supposed to save the world from.
The kids hightail it out of there, along with Total, their talking dog. When they learn the FBI agent they were staying with was on the side of evil, they once more realize that you can't trust anyone, even those who say they love you.
Then Max is kidnapped, and replaced by a clone, who's bent on destroying the Flock. If Max doesn't get away, it may be the end of them all.
I loved this book, and I hope that the rest of them are as good as the first two.
We are swept along in the first few chapters by the Erasers (people who morph into owlves) showing up again and trying to kill the Flock. Fang nearly does get killed, but he survives, and the kids end up living with an FBI agent named Anne Walker as he recuperates. Enroled in an actual school, Fang and Max face larger problems than they may have ever encountered before: hormones. Iggy finds his parents, and the flock is forced to say good-bye. But soon their "normal" life is once more turned upside down when they discover that the school they were attending had something to do with Itex, a company that Max was supposed to save the world from.
The kids hightail it out of there, along with Total, their talking dog. When they learn the FBI agent they were staying with was on the side of evil, they once more realize that you can't trust anyone, even those who say they love you.
Then Max is kidnapped, and replaced by a clone, who's bent on destroying the Flock. If Max doesn't get away, it may be the end of them all.
I loved this book, and I hope that the rest of them are as good as the first two.
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Stop! Unless you've read the first book in the MAXIMUM RIDE series, THE ANGEL EXPERIMENT, you should not read this review. Read more
Published on Aug 24 2007 by TeensReadToo
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Just as I expected....AMAZING!
I read the first Maximum Ride book a few weeks before I read this one. When the first book was over, I was amazed at how good Mr.Patterson's writing was. Read more
Published on July 24 2006 by Anry Ketyam
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Must Buy! Must Read!
Saw the advertisement for the first book in a magazine and immediately purchased it. Was not disappointed! Really enjoyed reading it. Read more
Published on July 12 2006 by Sandra Hart
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