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I have yet to read the whole series but I think I know what I will either get for my birthday or Christmas :3.

Lmao well I like to read lots, but I think 11 times was quite a lot on the series, might start it again though... O:

I still love it, I want Max's monster costume very badly ^^.

The first book in James Patterson's Maximum Ride series focuses around the rescue of Angel, the youngest female of the Flock, and also the sister of the youngest boy in the group, the Gasman (a.k.a Gazzy). The Flock is safe in the mountains until the day a pack of 'Erasers' (cruel and bloodthirsty, half-wolf, half-men) appear out of nowhere and kidnap Angel. The Flock must return to the dreaded 'School', a horrifying place that holds terrible memories of their past, to rescue Angel. Max is deeply confused when she finds out that Jeb Batchelder, the kindhearted, parental figure who looked after them and rescued them from the School two years ago, and then supposedly died, has reappeared as an evil figure, and that Ari, Jeb Batchelder's son, has become an Eraser. While Max is thrown into struggles of looking after all of her Flock, saving Angel from the evil clutches of the White-coats, and realizing how complicated love can be, she is trying to figure out why she has a mysterious 'Voice' inside her head that no one else can hear, one that is telling her that her mission is to save the world.

After being reunited with Angel and adding a Scottish Terrier named Total to their group, the second book starts with the Flock heading off to look for their parents through papers they found in an underground lab called the "Institute for Higher Living". Max is still reeling from Jeb's enigmatic scream over his dying son, Ari, that he was actually her younger brother. On the way, they run into flying Erasers (with patched on wings), one turning out to be back-from-the-dead Ari, causing Fang to fight for his life when he suffers injuries bad enough to need to be treated at a hospital. Anne Walker, an FBI agent who turns into a motherly figure of sorts, offers her home for residence while Fang recovers, and the Flock finally agrees. What they didn't expect was to get enrolled into a real school with teachers, students, and classes. As if that wasn't enough, Total develops into a talking dog, which, of course, just adds to all the mystery. But all the people surrounding the Flock may not be who they claim. Max becomes instantly and almost insanely jealous after spotting Fang kissing a red-haired girl named Lissa (whom Max calls "The Red Haired Wonder"). The principal, in reality, works for the 'Institute' and almost traps the Flock at the school, only to end up with failure. Later, Max is kidnapped and replaced with a clone Max, one that has her appearance but acts differently. In the end, a fight will leave only one Max standing as Jeb makes it clear that there can be only one Max.

In the third installment, Max is faced with the task of saving the world from the Itex Corporation (the company behind the School) and its evil Director, who want to terminate all recombinant species and cut the population of earth by half. While all this is happening, Fang is trying to persuade Max to find a permanent home where they can just live. The Erasers were some of the first to be destroyed and have been replaced with new threat of 'Flyboys' (robotic Erasers that can fly). Further issues arise when Max invites Ari (the single remaining Eraser) to join the group after escaping from the School again, leaving Fang and half of the Flock to split off in protest. Max becomes the leader of one group (Angel, Nudge, and Ari) and Fang the leader of the second, Iggy and The Gasman. In the end, Ari dies, and with all the other crazy things happening, Max finally finds out who her parents are, which turns out to be a good and bad thing. She also begins to realize she has feelings for Fang.

With the help of Max's newly found mom and dad, the Flock is taken to Antarctica in the fourth book, where a scientific team requires their assistance. But danger finds the Flock in the remote location, and they must fight when they find an international organization that is led by the Uber Director, who Max calls UD. He attempts to use the Flock for darker purposes by auctioning them off to the corrupted leaders of foreign countries to be used as weapons and mercenary. Also in the story, Total meets the love of his life, Akila the Alaskan Malamute, while also growing his own wings. Fang kisses Max a couple of times and Max starts to notice more that they are meant for each other, even though she doesn't want to admit it.

The Flock have barely recovered from their Antarctica adventure before they are pulled into another one at the start of the fifth book. Millions of fish are dying off the coast of Hawaii and someone or something is destroying hundreds of ships. The government enlists their help to find out the cause after being unable to themselves. While the Flock is undertaking the task, a criminal mastermind is tracking their every move. Then, Max's mother is kidnapped and is held hostage in an underground submarine. They must try to save the ocean, Max's mother, and protect themselves from the criminal mastermind's own ideas all at the same time. During the struggles, Fang and Max's relationship grows stronger, and Max feels that she loves Fang. The story was originally supposed to be titled, "Maximum Ride: Waterwings", but the name was changed during the end of production.

In the sixth book, the flock travel to Africa to help the people there. While they are there, they meet Dr. Hans Gunther-Hagen (who is developing ways to regrow limbs and cure rare viruses) and also Dylan, another 'bird kid' designed to be Max's 'perfect other half'. After a prophetic statement From Angel proclaiming Fang is supposed to die soon, Max becomes traumatized and spends more time with Fang than helping the Flock with surrounding dangers. Dylan joins the Flock, and they return to their newly rebuilt home in the mountains. Max is eventually voted out of the Flock and told to leave. By his own free will Fang decides to go with her and they go to Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Angel becomes the new leader of the Flock, and she does away with all the rules Max set-up for the Flock and then hires a agent to increase the Flock's 'popularity'. After all six of them reunite, Fang is captured by Dr. G-H and, while experimented on for faster evolution, dies. Max and the Flock come as fast as possible to Fang, taking out all the scientists and guards. Max, unable to live without Fang, stabs his heart with an adrenaline shot and revives him back to life. Dylan also injects himself in a suicide attempt, but fails. In the epilogue, Total and Akila are married, followed by another surprising "other epilogue."

In the "other epilogue," Fang leaves a note to Max, which she reads aloud to the others, saying that everyone was right about the Flock being in danger with him there and 'in 20 years, if they are still alive and the world is in one piece, he will meet her at the top of the cliff where they meet the hawks.'

Sorry that was really long..

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