Maximum Ride by James Patterson: Hi. I'm Max, and I'm just your normal, average teenage girl.
Yeah right. Max thinks she's a freak. She grew up in a science lab she and her friends nicknamed "The School". There she and her friends Fang, The Gasman, Iggy, Nudge, and Angel were genetically modified. They were only 98% human. The other 2% of their DNA was from birds.
All their lives they had been starved, tested, contaminated with diseases, and forced to sleep in a cage. They knew all too well that they weren't normal. Their bird-like wings and superhuman strength and senses were every day reminders. But thanks to a friendly scientist (scientists are nicknamed whitecoats) named Jeb Batchelder, they were able to escape.He gave them a home and a sense of security, until the Erasers went and blew everything up. Literally. Now they live in the wild, but they're unbelievably happy to be free of the fear and pain they were born into and grew up with. But when the youngest member of the Flock, Angel, gets captured by Erasers (wolf-men created by the whitecoats) Max and the gang are determined to get her back before she gets killed. What will happen along the way? Will Angel be okay? Will the Flock ever be free of the whitecoats? Read to find out!Fast paced and action packed, this book will have your blood pumping until the very last page.
My opinion: This book is awesome! Science fiction has never really been my thing but this book completely changed my mind. The chapters are short (some less than two pages) and the content is easy to understand. I quickly found myself staying up late at night to see what happens to Max and the Flock. James Patterson really made this story interesting, where as a less experienced author might have made it sound just plain creepy and weird. I give this book two thumbs up!Pick up this captivating book in the library today!
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