Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment - James Patterson

James Patterson is well known for his writing skills as an adult?s author. 2 years ago, however, I had not heard of him, so when I first saw this book on the 3 for 2 offer in Waterstones, I read the back to see if this author was any good. And it sounded really inspiring and intriguing. Only, when I went in a few weeks later, I noticed all the James Patterson books everywhere and was surprised that the author had endeavoured into a child?s mind, ...
...author to write a children's novel. He grabbed my attention throughout this book, however there was one major problem, which was that the chapters were 1-3 pages long, so it took me forever to finish, because a chapter is one of the best places to stop reading your book for a day. This book has One hundred and thirty-four chapters + a Prologue and an Epilogue, so you can obviously tell why it took me ages to read. James Patterson has finished the ...

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...Characters *** Max - Maximum Ride, oldest of the gang and the main character. She is surprisingly easy to identify with due to her easy humour and obviously caring nature. Fang - who always seems to remain calm in any situation. He is quite capable of arguing for the sake of it, but when it really matters he is there, backing up Max and the others. Iggy - who became blind because of an experiment at the School which went wrong. He is also an excellent ...
...where bombs are involved. Nudge - eleven years old and VERY talkative. She is probably the least fleshed out character, but then this is only the first volume of the series. The Gasman - also known as Gazzy. A mischievous and very smart eight year old whose name is derived from his wind problem! His "gift" is that he can mimic almost any voice or sound. Angel - who is initially captured by the Erasers. She is the youngest at only six years old. ...

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...The story starts with Maximum Ride, a girl who was grafted with avian DNA, giving her wings and ultra-light bones, living with her five friends - Iggy, Fang, Nudge, Angel and Gasman (who share the same bird-like qualities) in a house by themselves. They all grew up in a cruel institute called the School, where many kids like themselves are turned into mutants by evil scientists, eager to push the boundaries of science. The 'Flock' , as they're ...
...fly is quite original, and there is lots of action and excitement over the pages. All in all, I think that Maximum Ride has the potential storyline to become a good children's book, but James Patterson has to take more time developing his characters, and make his chapters longer. ...

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Storyline The story line of this book is the tale of 6 children, who have an amazing power... the power of flight. They are genetic "freaks", created by man by crossing human and avian DNA. These children start this story out in a hiding place, petrified of bieng found by the rest of humanity, as well as another "sub-race" also created by humans, by crossing human and wolf DNA, known to the children and us as the "erasers". Both sub-species are ...
...to hunt down and kill their targets, and can ide themselves from the rest of humanity. This story takes us through emotional highs and lows, of fear, hope, comedy, betrayal, anger and (for some) sadness, especially when the youngest of this group of 6 is captured by erasers and taken back to the site of her "creation". The story also ends with a total shock, which i refuse to reveal, as it would completely spoil the whole book. Characters The book ...

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Maximum Ride is about six children, perfectly normal children- except for the fact that they are 2% bird and have wings. They are living in hiding, constantly on the run from Erasers (vile werewolf-like creatures and agents of the School). Max, Nudge, Iggy, Gazzy and Fang are forced to venture to the heart of the fears and nightmares from their horrific childhoods at the School, when the youngest member of the flock- six-year old Angel- gets kidnapped ...
...a hell of a ride... MAXIMUM RIDE!!! This exciting roller-coaster of emotions is full of action and surprise. Definitely a MUST-READ!! ENJOY!!! :) Other advantanges of the FANTASTIC BOOK include the folloing: - Patterson's style of writing is simple , therefore it is quick and easy to understand. -Patterson has a great tendency to leave out irrelevent or unnecessary detail and does not linger on things like description of surroundings or of and ...

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The Angel Experiment is an action filled suspense novel by an extremely talented writer. James Patterson is able to keep the readers' full attention throughout the book using twisted hooks and an amazing storyline. The story is based on a girl named Max who has genetically been given wings. She spent nearly all her life in a laboratory and the book is mainly targeted at her struggle to live life as a runaway when her and her companions escape. The ...
...and has been carefully put together using clear, exciting and clever writing techniques. The book ends with a cliff-hanger leaving readers hungry for the sequel "Schools out forever"that is yet to be released. The Angel Experminent is a book I'd recomend to teens and older readers, who appreiciate a good read and have time to read a book that's utterly unputdownable- It really is amazing! The reason I rate this book five stars is because of the powerful ...

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Maximim Ride: The Angel Experiment is all in all an extrmely thrilling read. Max is the most prominent character at age 14, and it is through her perspective that the groups experiences are recorded. The 'flock' as Max refers to them are a group of genetically modified children between the ages of 6 and 14, who (as you discover) have escaped together from an anonymous gentics lab and testing institution called 'The School'. The flock as young children ...
...were subjected to inhumane DNA grafts, tests, experiments, and what has resulted is an human-avian hybrid; thses children have been developed with birdlike features for example they all have wings. Throughoutt he book other different gifts are revealed. Fang is the second oldest character at 14, he is a cold quiet character and the reader gets the impression that him and Max have a different relationship than brother and sister. Iggy is also 14, ...

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My daughter and I have read this book and both have come to the same conclusion. Brilliant. It follows the lifes of 6 young genetically modified humans. All of the "Flock" have different abilities that help to get them out of some very bad situations. The story keeps you involved because of the way Patterson writes. You feel every emotion that the "Flock" go through. When you have finished the first, you want to read the second to find out what ...

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This has got to be my favourite adventure book yet. It tells the story of 5 friends. The two youngest, Angel and Gazzy, are the only two related. They two and the ohter 3, Max the oldest, Fang, second oldest, And Iggy, Third oldest all were as babys were taken to a place named the School, where they had cruel tests done on them. they are 98% human and 2% bird, all having wings. They embark on a mission to save Angel and find who there real parents ...

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Loved this book. As we have come to expect from James Patterson, it was fast paced and exciting from the first page! The story line is quite different from his usual crime novels. You follow 6 children who have been genetically engineered. The book is full of unexpected humor and gets you smiling at odd times to release the tension. The chapters are short in keeping with James Patterson's style and this makes the book seem to fly by. You come to ...

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