Search - School's Out-Forever (Maximum Ride, Bk 2)

The second book in the series. Now the flock is on the move and they are actually trying to discover their past. Where are their real parents and why did they give them up? What will do they do when they find them? What is it like to have a real family? Do they want to go back and live with them? And what about Max and the clone? A gripping book for anyone of any age!

Second book in the Maximum Ride series. James Patterson wrote Maximum Ride as a science-fiction series for children and teens, but this 60-year-old finds it very enjoyable too.

In Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment we meet Max (a 14-year-old girl), her flock, the people who want to kill or capture them, and their enforcers known as Erasers. Yes, I said "flock"; Max and her five young associates have been genetically engineered to have functional wings and other bird-like traits. School's Out - Forever continues the flock's quest to find out who made them and who their parents are.

There are plot twists galore, as usual with Patterson's books, and trying to guess just where the author is taking the story is guaranteed to be an exercise in futility. As stepdad to two teenage girls, I found myself wishing I could adopt Max and the entire flock, although I will admit to hesitating when it came to Gasman. :) Young or old, if you enjoy James Patterson's work (or haven't yet sampled a Patterson book), give the Maximum Ride series a try.

Can't wait for the next one!

I didn't find this book as interesting as the first. There's lots of action and everything, but by the end I came to realize that nothing much really happened to advance the plot.

its a great book

Wow! I was surprised. I wasn't expecting much from the book and it totally blew me away. Excellent story and well written. I hadn't expected anything quite so fantastic from the author, particularly since it was a huge swing from his typical stories, but the dialogue was excellent and the characters jumped right off the pages and really lived for me.

Instead of his typical mystery...this story borders on fantasy and sci fi. It's part of a series about children who are genetically altered and fighting for their existence in a world...well...in the same world the X-Men inhabit.

Well done, Mr. Patterson. I like the change.