Emily Boucher
Title: Maximum Ride
Author: James Patterson
5th out of 5 books
Rating: 10 out of 10

Maximum Ride is a non stop action novel about six young Kids. Brought up in a lab being poked and prodded all the time, they grew defensive and eventually escaped. Wondering what is so special about them? Their genes were combined with genes of a bird. They are pretty much normal looking kids with extremely light bones like those of a birds to allow for easier flight. Yes, I said flight. They have wings. And that’s not all. Even with tiny bones, they are exceptionally strong and have vision of a raptor. As you read you may also find that that’s not all… Your probably thinking, ‘wow wings?! COOL!!’ But not so much. After escaping ‘The School,’ as they call it, they spend every waking- and sleeping- moment on the run. From who? Pretty much everybody. Bad scientists, walking robots, flying robots, even the media and what they thought were ‘good guys.’ And just when you think their life couldn’t get anymore crazy, they find out there is a mission for them - to save the world.
I personally loved the Maximum Ride series. I never thought I would be able to say this about a book, but they had me bringing them pretty much everywhere with me in case I got a chance to read :P I never got bored, and when I was about 40 pages from the end of one book I would have my mom go get me the next one just to make sure I would never be without. I would recommend this book to anybody who likes a big enough adventure in a book to make you feel part of it. I encourage you to jump in for the Ride!