James Patterson · young-adult-novel
Maximum Ride books in order
Young-adult science-fiction series about genetically modified flying children.
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- 1 The Angel Experiment
Book 1 · young-adult-novel · 2005
Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it’s like to soar above the world. She and all the members of the “flock”—Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel—are just like ordinary kids—only they have wings and can fly.…
- 2 Schools Out—Forever
Book 2 · young-adult-novel · 2006
In this eagerly awaited follow-up, brave bird-kid Max and her flock are discovered by an FBI agent and forced to go to "school." There is no such thing as an ordinary day as Max deciphers how and when she's supposed to save the world, and…
- 3 Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
Book 3 · young-adult-novel · 2007
The time has arrived for Max and her winged "Flock" to face their ultimate enemy and discover their original purpose: to defeat the takeover of "Re-evolution", a sinister experiment to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically…
- 4 The Final Warning
Book 4 · young-adult-novel · 2008
Note for librarians: This needs to be merged into an edition of the version with 70+ readers While on a mission to Antarctica to save the world from global warming, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock--a band…
- 5 Max
Book 5 · young-adult-novel · 2008
A journey you might just get lost in. She is fierce,smart,and has a lot of attitude but when it comes to her flock she will do anything.
- 6 Fang
Book 6 · young-adult-novel · 2010
Being a kid with wings -- constantly on the run -- has never been easy, and Max and her flock are getting tenser than ever. First, on a trip to Africa, they meet a mysterious billionaire whose intense scrutiny of the Flock makes her fear…
- 7 Angel
Book 7 · young-adult-novel · 2011
In the seventh book in the bestselling series, evil scientists are still trying to convince Max that she needs to save the world, this time by providing the genetic link in speeding up the pace of evolution. Worse, they're trying to…
- 8 Nevermore
Book 8 · young-adult-novel · 2012
Maximum Ride and her faithful friends stand ready to face the two greatest threats that humankind has ever known, now combining forces in an unbeatable plot to destroy life as we know it once and for all. And this time, the enemy truly…
- 9 Maximum Ride Forever
Book 9 · young-adult-novel · 2015
THE NINTH AND ULTIMATE MAXIMUM RIDE STORY IS HERE! Legions of Max fans won't be disappointed by this encore episode in the beloved series about the incredible adventures of a teenage girl who can fly. As Maximum Ride boldly navigates a…
