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The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Book 1)
written by James Patterson
Studio : Little, Brown Young Readers
by Little, Brown Young Readers
Publisher : Little, Brown Young Readers
Released : 2007-04-01
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780316067959
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 230 reviews)
List Price : $7.99
Our Price : $3.20
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Product Description |
Characters based on James Patterson's international bestsellers When the Wind Blows and The Lake House are re-invented in Maximum Ride and are launched on the ultimate action-packed adventure full of humor and suspense.
Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of the "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--like when Angel, the youngest member of the "Flock," is kidnapped and taken back to the "School" where she and the others were genetically engineered by sinister scientists. Her friends brave a journey to Death Valley, CA, to save Angel, but soon enough, they find themselves in yet another nightmare--this one involving 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 from her old friend and father-figure Jeb--now her betrayed and greatest enemy--that her purpose is save the world--but can she?
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Maximum Ride, book 1 |
First book in the Maximum Ride series.
Based on a character (Max)who appeared in two of Patterson's previous novels, When the Wind Blows and The Lake House. Not a sequel, rather more a reworking.
A group of scientists conducting secret and illegal genetic experiments create several genetically enhanced kids who are 98% human and 2% bird. They can fly and they also have other random talents that seem to crop up when they are in a tight spot. Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel escaped from the lab and are in hiding from the half-human, half-wolf Erasers who want to recapture them.
The book starts with Angel being captured by a group of Erasers. They take her back to the lab, where she is back at the scientists' mercy. The rest of the flock sets out to rescue Angel.
Short chapters with lots of action and very little character development |
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Good book |
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Is a good book, but I feel like I`m reading Dark Angel. The girl is also named Max and she`s running from a secret place.... |
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Awesome book! |
This is a really good book. There is a lot of action and suspense, and the chapters are short, so if you hate endlessly long chapters (Like me) then that's another reasong to read this. There were really only two things that annoyed me in this book:
1. Things always seem to work out perfectly for Max and her friends. When they are out of money, POOF, there's a bank card right next to them. When Angel almost drowns, POOF, she can breathe under water. Fang gets beaten senseless, POOF, he's okay. It get's tiresome after a certain point.
2. At the end (I'm not giving any major spoilers though), when Max and Ari are fighting, Ari says something about not trying to kill Max or something like that, I don't remember. Sorry Ari, seeing as you have been TRYING TO KILL MAX THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BOOK, I can't believe you.
Well, those were the only things that annoyed me. Other than that, this is an awesome book. |
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A Way to Get Angel Back |
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment was a spectacular page-turning fiction book. When you read this book you will not to be able to put it down until you finish it. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment is about a fourteen-year-old girl named Maximum Ride. This book is about how Max and her gang were injected with DNA from a type of animal that never existed. One day Angel gets captured by these erasers. (Erasers are these half-wolf, half-human mutants) Max has lots of missions she has to do during this book, like saving Angel. She always doubts herself that she can't save Angel before they do bad experiments on her.
James Patterson is a very popular author. His Maximum Ride series was inspired by his best selling adult novels When the Wind Blows and The lake House. What I liked about the book was it has a lot of action and you can think about what Max is going through. The theme of this book is believe in oneself. You can always help each other out. I recommend that people should read this book. You will like this book so much. |
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Uh-huh sure |
This book is truely the best book i have ever read. I find myself wishing my life was exactly like this sometimes. There are absolutely no downsides to this book. Whoever wrote the down sides in the previous review was completely blind as to the spectalur rush of excitment you often get while reading it. And there for shouldnt have read this book if he could not appreciate it. The man who wrote this was a genius.
Six children running for there lives sounds dumb but if you read it i can guarantee you would love it. If you love books as much as i do (especially thrilling, heart pounding, romantic comedies) then i know you will love this.
-Mekare A. Bowen
p.s. Hey, dude below me, You're not a book genius so stop acting like it |
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