Maximum Ride: Can't Believe I Didn't Read It Earlier

Cover Art of The Angel Experiment:
Book 1 of the Maximum Ride Series

Hey Everyone,

Have you ever read a book that's been popular for a while and went "What took me so long to read this?" Well, I have just experienced that feeling, yet again, while reading the Maximum Ride Series by James Patterson. The series circles around "The Flock": A group of six bird-kids (98% Human, 2% Bird) who have escaped from the "Whitecoat" evil scientists who are determined to study them with cruel methods. (For example- they were raised in dog cages). The main character is a girl named Maximum, who goes by Max. She is the oldest of the group, at 14. Fang, her second-in-command, and sometimes love interest, is also 14 (a few months younger than Max, though). He's kind of quiet, but when he has something to say, it's very powerful. He is also extremely stubborn. Then there's Iggy, who is 14 and blind (the whitecoats had tried to improve his night vision and made him permanently blind). He's a good cook and flier, surprisingly, and Max notes that the only time his blindness bothers him is when somebody in the flock forgets and moves the furniture or something (Book 1).  Then there's Nudge, who is 11, and she is a little chatterbox. The flock refers to her as the Nudge Channel- all Nudge, all the time (Book 1). Then there's The Gasman, aka "Gazzy", who is eight, and has an unfortunate digestive problem that led to his namesake. Then there's Angel, and adorable little six year, who is Gazzy's biological sister (they are the only two related by blood). She is very gifted and can both see the future and read minds.

The books, in order, are:
1. The Angel Experiment (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Angel-Experiment/James-Patterson/e/9780316067959/?itm=3&USRI=maximum+ride%3a+the+angel+experiment)
2. School's Out- Forever (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Schools-Out-Forever/James-Patterson/e/9780316067966/pwb=1&)
3. Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Saving-the-World-and-Other-Extreme-Sports/James-Patterson/e/9780316154277/pwb=1&)
4. The Final Warning (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Final-Warning/James-Patterson/e/9780316002875/pwb=1&)
5. Max (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/MAX/James-Patterson/e/9780316002905/pwb=1&)
6. Fang (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Fang/James-Patterson/e/9780316038317/pwb=1&)
7. Angel (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Angel/James-Patterson/e/9780316036207/?itm=2&USRI=angel++maximum+ride+series+%237)

Official Maximum Ride Website: http://www.max-dan-wiz.com/
Official James Patterson Website: http://www.jamespatterson.com/
Official Maximum Ride Blog: http://www.maximumride.blogspot.com/

Official Fang (Book 6) Trailer:



Official Angel (Book 7) Trailer:



Note: The book description of Angel and Fang (Angel especially) is entirely different from the people in the video. I don't know why they chose the people they did. Angel is supposed to be an adorable little girl with curly blond hair and blue eyes. Oh well. Besides the fact that they got the character descriptions wrong, I think they're really awesome.