Maximum+Ride+(RW)

Review by Rachel W.  The exposition in this book is very complex. It is set in many different places, including a house in the mountains, Arizona, the School in California, and New York City. The School is a place where the white coats (scientists and doctors) work to mix animal DNA with normal human DNA, and do experiments on the “mutants”. The main characters in this book are: Max, a girl-14 years old, Fang and Iggy-14 as well, Nudge-11, Gazzy-8, Angel-6, and Ari-7. Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel are all normal people, except for the fact that they have wings and other special powers. They call themselves the “flock”. Ari is an Eraser, a wolf man who works for the School, and is another //experiment// made by the white coats. Angel, the youngest of the “flock”, gets taken away by Erasers from the house Max shares with the “flock” in the mountains. Max, being the leader, goes off with Fang and Nudge to find their sister, their beloved Angel. Iggy and Gazzy go, without permission from Max, to help. Once reunited, the “flock” goes to New York to find out who they really are. The internal conflict in //Maximum Ride// is Max versus herself. When leaving the School after saving Angel, and in New York, Max suffers excruciating headaches. The “Voice” inside her head is causing her to have hallucinations that lead her to discover who she really is. In this book, the external conflict is Max versus Ari and the School. He is against Max for numerous reasons. The most important is that his father escaped with Max and the others for two years, while Ari got turned into an Eraser. Now, not only Max’s Voice is after her, but Ari is too. I would recommend this book to older kids, ages 12 and up, because the text is complex, and it is a long book, but the plot is intriguing. //Maximum Ride// is an action-packed book, full of longing and amazing talents that no “normal” person could ever have. Read it to find out more things regular humans could never do. This book is a great read for anyone who has a love for adventure and fantasy. James Patterson is known for writing //adult// thrillers, but //Maximum Ride// is for young adults, and it’s just as thrilling as his adult novels.
 * // Maximum Ride, // ** by **//James Patterson//**

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