James Patterson

After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "bird kids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.

A Maximum Ride Novel

The Angel Experiment

The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride)

Maximum Ride

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THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I'VE READ MAX RIDE.

If you don't know the basic plot of Max Ride, then go away, becuz I don't want to talk to you.

The Characters
MAX: Max is a very believable character. She's also a raging bitch. it works on her. 
ANGEL: is really, really creepy. Also, I don't understand if the Max-and-Angel Relationship is meant to me a mother-daughter thing or a sister thing.
NUDGE: is pretty much one of my favorite characters. She's never stops talking. in that way, she is much like me. :)
FANG: in the dictionary, beside hot, there is a picture of Fang.
ARI: Everyone hates Ari. I love Ari. Admittedly, Ari does try to kill them all repeatedly, but only because Max bullied him when they were little. And then his dad kind of abandoned him. And let's keep in mind, even though he seems all grown-up, he's only seven. that's only one year older than Angel. Despite all of Angels creeptastic-ness, people still love her.
All Ari needs is to be loved. Love him.

Having recovered Angel, Max and the flock head to New York City to pursue a lead regarding their true identities. But where the flock goes, erasers are sure to follow! Even more troubling, though, is the voice that's begun whispering in Max's head. Is it really her destiny to save the world?

Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 2

chloe rae

Even better than the first volume! Super excited about this series!

Jackie 

I absolutely love this book!! It is now my favorite series, and I can't wait to read the rest!!

Schools Out--Forever (Maximum Ride)

This book got me hooked from the beginning. I couldn't put it down! I read it all day.

Ariel

I loved reading this story! I remembered reading the graphic novels back in school and falling in love with them, and actually reading the books has brought that love for them back.

Teo Orlando

the angel experiment

Lacy W

So I read this book back in high school. Well okay, the first time I had it read to me and I hated it. I hated having books read to me. But then I decided to pick it up and try it on my own. I loved it but I wasn't super sold on it. Max was one of the biggest things that bothered me. For some reason, her voice felt far too young to me and she made some silly mistakes that would annoy the hell out of me. 

But as I read this book a second time around, I realized that I wasn't annoyed. I realized that Max didn't have a childhood. She never got to be a kid. As soon as she escaped the School, she had to take care of the young flock. I realized that high school Lacy was just a brat. 

This book is seriously all action. I'm talking 99% action. The flock are constantly on the go, having to always outrun some sort of danger. I was exhausted after I finished reading this. I felt like I was flying with the flock and running away with them. Not to mention, there were so many plot twists and turns. My neck was sore. Everything was just sore after reading this book. 

One of the things that did put me off slightly, that didn't when I read it in high school, was the super short chapters. We are talking one to two pages. Sometimes the chapters were only a page even half a page. I'm not sure what the point of it was but it did detract from the story a bit. The book reads very quickly so I was constantly having to turn pages, which got old after a while.

Overall, I loved this, even more than I did in high school. I'm really glad I picked this up again and I certainly can't wait to continue my adventure with the flock. I highly suggest this book if you are looking for an action packed book or need some new characters to adopt into your family.

Shay

The last time I 'rated' this book was in my 2008 journal when I was in elementary school. I used to absolutely love this series. 

My 5th grade teacher read this to us after recess. We'd sit at our desks for 'down time' after running around and he'd read us a few chapters of Maximum Ride. I remember thinking about how cruel humans can be, and how much I loved all of the characters and the shenanegans they got up to. Something about kids escaping from a lab after being experimented on, being on the run and just trying to make it to the next day was so thrilling and exciting to me. 

I adored Max and her surrogate mom role. Eleven year-old me really admired her responsibility and all the efforts she put in to keep her family safe. 

I even wrote very early fanfiction, in the form of 5th grade writing exercises, based on Maximum Ride. And I skipped lunch and saved all the money to buy my own copies of the books (which I think I might still have?) I was a hardcore fan! 

Now that I think about it, this was the book that kickstarted my YA dystopian subgenre obsession. This was the book that started it all. 

Part of me wants to go back and read it to re-experience it, but I have a suspicion that's just going to ruin the magic for me.

Jacalyn Boggs

A friend gave this series to me for the boys to read. They tore right through the series and so now I'm reading it. It's fantastic! Patterson really did a great job! I'm totally into what's going on with this series!

Max is your typical teenager with a large family. It's just her and her five besties - her flock. And by flock, I do mean birds, not the awesome web browser I love. You see, she and her friends are part avian as well as escapees from a demented science experiment. Who made them with wings? Why are they always being hunted? Will they ever have peace?

Ashley Wendt

I’ve been wanting to read this for a while now. So many of my students love the Manga version of this story! It was a fun “ride”. I’m finding that I enjoy these sci-fi stories with these human/avian mutants! 
The parts I didn’t love had to do with pop culture references that dated the story…ahem…palm pilots. Otherwise, I thought it was a great read. I get why the kids like the manga version so much and I look forward to reading the rest of both versions!

Annie

Max soars above the world . . . but in James Patterson's thrilling adventure, fantasy can come crashing down to reveal the nightmares of the Angel Experiment. 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 experimented on by a crew of whack jobs. 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?

Sonja H

Callie Anna

After hearing and reading everyone on the Blogosphere gushing about this series, I mostly began it to catch up on my reading challange. I loved it! The characters were all fascinating and individuals. The action moved quickly and more "story" was told than I expected. Can't wait to read the others!

Rachel VonDoloski 

One of my favorite series when I was in early high school! It really started my love for sci-fi and later on fantasy.

WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE Do not put this book down. I'm dead serious - your life could depend on it. I'm risking everything by telling you - but you need to know. STRAP YOURSELF IN for the thrill ride you'll want to take again and again! From Death Valley, California, to the bowels of the New York City subway system, you're about to take off on a heart-stopping adventure that will blow you away... YOUR FAITHFUL COMPANIONS: Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman and Angel. Six kids who are pretty normal in most ways - except that they're 98% human, 2% bird. They grew up in a lab, living like rats in cages, but now they're free. Aside, of course, from the fact that they're prime prey for Erasers - wicked wolf-like creatures with a taste for flying humans. THE MISSIONS: Rescue Angel from malicious mutants. Infiltrate a secret facility to track down the flock's missing parents. Scavenge for sustenance. Get revenge on an evil traitor. And save the world. If there's time.

Abi Hills

I've waited a long time to read this and it's safe to say I waited too long. 

I didn't have too many major problems with it, other than maybe the story felt dragged out. I may still end up reading the rest of the series since I want to know what happens (view spoiler)[(and how on earth Max is supposed to "save the world") (hide spoiler)]. It did feel like the author intended for it to be a long series (which it is) and he could have not done that. This could have easily been just a trilogy instead with the ways in which the story felt dragged out. He was pulling at plotlines that didn't feel like they really added anything. I would have liked more to actually happen. 

Apart from that, I'm mainly just too young for this. I should have read it when I too was 14 and in my dystopian/sci-fi reading phase and would have connected much more to the characters. So yeah this wasn't the right time for me to read this but I did anyway since I've always wanted to. I might find I'll be back into young adult stuff again when I'm older, and will probably finish the series then. For now, though, I'm not so bothered and am feeling a little disappointed.

Marsh Wu

eh, it was ok. read it a while ago. nice idea, execution was so-so. good read for a night or so.

Emma Motze

Sooo good wow. This was one of the first series I read. It is more for a younger audience, but I will always love this series.

Claire Railton-Jones

Read this series over and over in middle school and it still holds up as an amazing series

anderson elizabeth

I was feeling nostalgic and decided to restart this series for the first time in years. Unfortunately my library's audiobook only had the abridged version which I realized an hour or so in when there was (what I thought to be) big plot points missing. It was definitely still a good read.

Fiona

Brilliant, recommended by a friend and I was hooked.

I was obsessed with this series around 14 years ago, so decided that I needed to finally finish it, as I never completed the last book in the series.

Yes, the dialog is sometimes cheesy, but I understand it is written for 12 and up, so it is so good.

I still love Fang and Max. I was shocked to rediscover they’re 14?! I guess my 12-year-old self thought they were so old, because bruh?! 14?! I feel ancient 👵🏻

Sarah Campbell

I was obsessed with this series around 14 years ago, so decided that I needed to finally finish it, as I never completed the last book in the series.
It still holds up.
Yes, the dialog is sometimes cheesy, but I understand it is written for 12 and up, so it is so good.
I still love Fang and Max. I was shocked to rediscover they’re 14?! I guess my 12-year-old self thought they were so old, because bruh?! 14?! I feel ancient 👵🏻

damla

So far so good.This book is childish, but better than I expected.

Nikki Sojkowski

Angel reminds me of Momjij from fruits basket and she's so adorable! I live all of their haircuts exspecially Fang's <3 angel is really starting to annoy me though... Oh and ari's death scene was kind if disappointing there really wasnt much oh a scene at all... LHey ari what's up *smack* whoops he's dead" that's IT?!?!?

Sara Alfaro

This book is soooo Addicting, I couldn't put it down even if i tried. The plot is amazing and has many twists and turns that the reader will never expect, and promises much more in the books to come!!

The Angel Experiment A Maximum Ride Novel

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