Phillipsburg Free Public Library catalog › Details for: Maximum Ride : the angel experiment /

Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Maximum Ride : the angel experiment / by James Patterson.

By: Patterson, James, 1947-Material type: Text

TextSeries: Maximum Ride ; bk 1.Publication details: New York : Little, Brown, 2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 422 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 031615556XOther title: Angel experimentDDC classification: [Fic] Summary: After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.

List(s) this item appears in: English 4

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings ( 6 )
Title notes ( 2 )
Reviews

Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	YA Paperback	PHS Reading List	YA PB FICTION P	Available	36748002356634
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	YA Paperback	PHS Reading List	YA PB FICTION P	Available	36748002305615
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	YA Paperback	PHS Reading List	YA PB FICTION P	Available	36748002119842
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	YA Paperback	PHS Reading List	YA PB FICTION P	Available	36748002119966
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	YA Paperback	PHS Reading List	YA PB FICTION P	Available	36748002052563
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	YA Paperback	PHS Reading List	YA PB FICTION P	Available	36748002002881

Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Max soars above the world . . . but in James Patterson's thrilling adventure, fantasy can come crashing down to reveal the nightmares of the Angel Experiment.

Maximum Ride and her "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.

Angel, the youngest member of the flock, is kidnapped and taken back to the "School" where she and the others were experimented on by a crew of whack jobs. Her friends brave a journey to blazing hot Death Valley, CA, to save Angel, but soon enough, they find themselves in yet another nightmare: 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 that her purpose is save the world. But can she?

After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Kirkus Book Review

Nonstop action carries this page-turner breathlessly from start to finish. Fourteen-year-old Max (full name Maximum Ride) and her "flock" have escaped from a horrific School that kept them in cages and tortured them in the name of scientific research. Max and her flock are genetic experiments: 98% human with 2% avian genes grafted on, they're super-powerful--and can fly. "Erasers" (violent genetic combinations of men and wolves) pursue them at every turn. Crossing the country first to save their youngest from the School's scientific sadists and then track down their histories (were they born from parents or test tubes?), they wind up in New York City's sewers. Max develops shattering headaches and a Voice in her head that crashes nearby computers and tells her to save the world. Is it a friend or the flock's betrayer? Short chapters and paragraphs are smoothly accessible; Max's easy-to-read voice alternates between immediate and sardonic. The ending reveals frustratingly few answers, leaving layers of mystery for the sequel. Speed, suspense, excitement. (Science fiction. YA) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.