Maximum ride series by James Patterson

Maximum Ride is a series of 4 science fiction books beginning with ‘The Angel Experiment’, ‘Schools Out Forever’, ‘Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports’, and ‘The Final Warning’. It follows the journey of 6 extraordinary children, aged 6 to 14 years, who have the unique gift of flying. The children were put through some horrible experiment that integrated avian DNA into their genes giving them wings, and other interesting abilities. Maximum Ride is the leader of the ‘flock’ and must help the others to avoid being captured by the scientists at all costs. The scientists also altered the genes of other children with wolf DNA to develop creatures called “Erasers”. The scientists use the Erasers to track down the flock to test their survival abilities. They encounter many dangerous situations and adventures throughout the series including traveling to new countries, sleeping in subway tunnels, scavenging for food, finding their parents, encountering ‘normal’ people and some pretty awesome fighting scenarios against the Erasers and other adversaries. Their ability to choose whom to trust and make the right decisions is tested to find out whether they have the ability and determination to save the world.
There is also an underlying moral that really gets you thinking about the impact the humans are having on the world today, and when to realise that we’ve reached a point of no return.
I found this series of books very compelling, extremely addictive and very hard to put down. The only disappointment was that there were no other books to continue the story. They were very well written and easy to follow. I would highly recommend these books to the young adult reader or anyone who enjoys an action packed adventure story.
Amy