| 5 October |
The Angel Experiment |
Today we will discuss the book The Angel Experiment. This book is by James Patterson, whom I am sure you are familiar with. James Patterson writes many adult fiction books, but this is one of his few young adult fiction books. James Patterson has also wrote The Dangerous Days of Daniel X, which turns out to be a series. But this post isn’t about James Patterson, it’s about the Angel Experiment and the other books in the series. This book is the first book in the Maximum Ride series. The first edition copyright is 2005, and the others are mainly 2007. This book also won the Gateway Readers Award from 2007- 2008, according to the library copy I have. I have thoroughly enjoyed this book and couldn’t put it down, which is why I read the whole book (all 422 pages) in two days. I will tell you more about this book in the next paragraph.
This book is about a kid named Maximum Ride and her friends going on a journey to help one of their friends escape from the place where they were created. Yes, I said created. These kids aren’t normal kids, they’re 98 percent human and 2 percent bird. They can grow wings, are far stronger than the average adult, faster than most adults, as tall as adults (or taller) and are being hunted by physcopath wolf men called Erasers. So yeah, they’re pretty normal. Now, before I said they had to rescue a friend. They are trying to rescue 6 year old Angel who can breathe underwater, has telepathy and is 4 feet tall. Maximum Ride (best known as Max) is about 5 foot 8 with dirty hair and starts becoming insane. Or at least most people think she’s insane. There is also?14 year old?Fang, the strong silent type. Then there was the Gasman (or Gazzy) who is eight years old, the only person to have a blood sibling?in the team (Gazzy’s sister is Angel and the team is called the flock) and can mimic practically any voice or sound.
Also there is Nudge, an 11 year old girl who can’t keep her mouth shut and develops the ability to draw information from machines, or anything she touches. Her power is new and is not explained very much in the book. Last but not least is Iggy, the 14 year old 6 foot blind kid who has a very sensitive touch and can pick pocket, fix computers, assemble bombs and can practically see in the dark. Notice I said practically, because the scientists at the School (the main bad guy headquarters) tried to boost his night vision but ended up making him blind. Now that I have explained the main story line and the characters (at least the main good guys), on to the next paragraph!
I really liked this book. I have read the first book in The Dangerous Days of Daniel X, and loved it! I personally recommend both of these books (you should probably read the others in each series also) to anyone who loves a good action thriller and can take a few laughs along the way! I sincerely hope you all read these books and enjoy them!
All characters and storyline in this book (and anything else) was written by James Patterson and I am giving him full credit. I would also like to thank James Patterson for these great books and I wish he would write more young adult books. I will be sure to read them.
