James Patterson, Maximum Ride: School's Out-Forever, The Angel Experiment

Description: Maximum Ride: School's Out-Forever by James Patterson In this eagerly awaited follow-up, brave bird-kid Max and her flock are discovered by an FBI agent and forced to go to "school." There is no such thing as an ordinary day as Max deciphers how and when she's supposed to save the world, and she faces her greatest enemy--a clone of herself. Maximum Ride: School's Out—Forever is the second book in the sci-fi action-adventure series Maximum Ride by James Patterson, published by Little, Brown. The book was released in the US and the UK on May 23, 2006.[2][3] The series centers on the Flock, a group of six super-powered human-avian hybrids on the run from the scientists who created them.Plot[edit]After the events of Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, the prior book, the Flock is headed toward Washington, D.C., where they hope to find the answers to their origins. However, after Fang is gravely injured by a flying Eraser and taken to a hospital, the Flock is housed by an FBI agent named Anne. The Flock enjoys a rare period of peace, even attending a private school. Life seems good, but this causes clashes between the Flock as Max has trouble trusting Anne. Suspicious things begin to happen around the school. The Flock continues to search for their biological parents and discovers Iggy's mother and father, who eagerly take him in. Things boil over at school in a fight where the teachers suddenly pull out tasers and chase Max, and Anne is revealed to be from the School and working with Jeb and the Erasers. Iggy returns, having discovered that his parents just wanted to make money off him once they saw his wings.Angel suggests that they go to Florida, and for lack of a better plan, Max agrees. In Florida, the Flock learns that the School is part of a multi-national corporation named Itex that's plotting to destroy the world. Max is kidnapped and replaced by a clone; she escapes just in time to confront the clone who has led the Flock into a trap in Itex's Florida headquarters. Jeb tells them they must fight to the death, but Max refuses to destroy the clone. The Flock escapes once more.Reception[edit]Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever received good reviews. Booklist delivered a positive review, praising Patterson's "ability to write page-turning action scenes" and noting that he "leaven[ed] the suspense with some surprising humor."[4] It also mentioned that fans of the first book would be "delighted"[4] with the sequel. Erin Collazo Miller from About.com praised the "fast-paced" novel, "fun characters," and "interesting premise." Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson In this first book, the Erasers kidnap Angel for use in performing cruel and extensive experiments. And in spite of the winged-kids' near humanness, lab workers ... Six unforgettable kids — with no families, no homes — are running for their lives. Max Ride and her best friends have the ability to fly. And that's just the beginning of their amazing powers. But they don't know where they come from, who's hunting them, why they are different from all other humans... and if they're meant to save mankind — or destroy it. Discover the high-octane start to James Patterson’s #1 New York Times bestselling, phenomenal MAXIMUM RIDE series!Maximum Ride and her "flock"—Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel—are just like ordinary kids, only they have wings and can fly. It may seem like a dream come true to some, but their lives can morph into a living nightmare at any time.Angel, the youngest member of the flock, is kidnapped and taken back to the "School" where she and the others were cruelly experimented on. Her friends brave a journey to blazing hot Death Valley, CA, to save Angel, but soon enough, they find themselves in yet another nightmare: fighting off the half-human, half-wolf "Erasers" in New York City. Whether in the treetops of Central Park or in the bowels of the Manhattan subway system, Max and her adopted family take the ride of their lives.Along the way, Max discovers that her purpose is save the world. But can she?

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