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Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever (Maximum Ride)
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Product Description
The second exhilarating novel in bestselling novelist James Patterson's first teen series. It’s 24 hours since Max Ride and her fellow bird-kids escaped the New York Institute, and they’re still on the run. But the six companions – 98% human, 2% bird – came away with some vital information. If they can decode the garbled words and numbers, perhaps they'll find out where their parents are. There’s a lot of trouble ahead for Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman and Angel – not to mention Total, the talking dog. Their enemies, the fearsome Erasers, have acquired a new skill – they too can now fly. After an air-battle, Fang ends up in hospital. The FBI track down the flock, who’ve become more visible than they ever wanted to be. They even end up going to school! But that doesn't quite fit in with searching for parents, or with what the insistent Voice in Max's head keeps reminding her - that her mission is ‘to save the world’.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #5194 in Books
- Published on: 2007-04-05
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 480 pages
Editorial Reviews
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"'Nonstop action carries this page-turner breathlessly from start to finish... Speed, suspense, excitement' Kirkus Reviews; 'A fast-paced, action-packed fantasy adventure that children will love' Age, Melbourne 'Patterson has pulled off a book that's awash with street cred, yoof slang and honest, yearning emotion. His biggest success is in grounding his high-flying youngsters in today's world, making them all the more believable.' - SFX"
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'Patterson has pulled off a book that's awash with street cred, yoof slang and honest, yearning emotion. His biggest success is in grounding his high-flying youngsters in today's world, making them all the more believable.'
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Synopsis
It's 24 hours since Max Ride and her fellow bird-kids escaped the New York Institute, and they're still on the run. But the six companions -- 98% human, 2% bird -- came away with some vital information. If they can decode the garbled words and numbers, perhaps they'll find out where their parents are. There's a lot of trouble ahead for Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman and Angel -- not to mention Total, the talking dog. Their enemies, the fearsome Erasers, have acquired a new skill -- they too can now fly. After an air-battle, the badly hurt Fang ends up in hospital. There the FBI track down the flock, who have even ended up going to school! But that doesn't quite fit in with searching for parents, or with what the insistent Voice in Max's head keeps reminding her - that her mission is 'to save the world'.
Customer Reviews
Excellent
I've now read a number of James Patterson's novels, and all have been excellent, (look at my other reviews).
This is the 3rd book in his "Maximum Ride" series, whatever age you are you'll enjoy the series but read them in order, ("When the wind blows", then "The Lake House"," Maximum Ride: School's out forever" which is the prequel to "Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment").
The flock is looking for their real parents and are on the run from the Erasers, nasty creatures who only want to kill the flock. They manage to find Iggy's real parents but unfortunately they don't do the right thing, hence Iggy leaves and rejoins the flock. They have a new member of the flock but it's not another hybrid!! Fighting for their lives they hide in Disney, nasty Ari and the Erasers are hot on their trail.
What happens to Max and the flock? Well I could tell you but it would ruin it for you.
With Max and the flock you'll go through all kinds of emotions when you join them on their journey, it's a compulsive read.
Another great book in this fantastic series and worth every penny, it's one I'll read again. :-) It's a great series of books and one I'd recommend to anyone.
My advice to teenage readers is if you want a little more then "Harry Potter" then these are the books for you. :-) Another excellent part of the flock's story.
Thanks to James Patterson they'll be a 5th book out this year, I can't wait to read it.
Even better
This book I found even better than the first the humour in this book made it a lighter read and absolutely brilliant (my partner kept wondering why I was laughing) and when I lent this one to my teenage sister (who now cant wait for me to buy the third book) our parents kept wondering the same thing about her. (she kept laughing too) This book is an excellent second in the series and we (my sister and I) hope the next book is as good.
Abosoloutely amazing - could not put it down!!
This book is absoloutely amazing!!
The writer's writing sytle gives you brilliant images throughout the story, so you are able to "see" what is happening as if you were there.
Truly amazing.
Am off to buy the next one now!!
