Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel are all your "average kids," driving across the country. If, you know, super strong avian hybrids with science-fiction-like powers were considered your "average kids". But why are they driving? I mean, couldn't they just fly across the country? Why take a car if they have wings? Probably because it's less noticeable. And yet, they go back to flying anyway. So, while they're resting in a canyon in Texas (don't ask), Max gets a message from the Voice. (Yes, she hears a voice in her head, but just one. Hence the big capitalized "V". And it's not hers. It's actually her ******'s. Oops. That was close. Anyway, I should probably finish before I give away something REALLY big, like, for example, that her parents are ******** ******** and *** **********. I really should stop.) I should also stop talking in those parentheses. After all, they can only stretch so far.
So. The flock decides to find a home. You know, one with real beds and hot showers, that sort of thing. Max and Fang decide to go out and scout out possible locations. While they're gone, these creepy android things in Eraser skins (no, not the erasers on your pencils, although that would be really weird) capture Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, Angel, and Total. (Did I forget to mention Total? Well, he's Angel's talking dog. That's right. Talking dog.) When Max and Fang get back, they see that the others are missing, and start looking for clues as to where they are. They finally (and by finally, I mean within seconds) find a set of clear tire tracks leading to a long, straight road going in only two directions. The two find the semi that Nudge, Iggy, Gazzy, and Total are in (that's right, no Angel) in minutes. But isn't this a little too easy? I mean, come on. A clear trail, leading directly to their missing friends? That's like telling someone to find a good book and giving them one of the Maximum Ride books. :)
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports is the kind of book that will keep you up all night reading. I finished this 405-page book in two days, reading it on and off (mostly at night). I'd read like 20 chapters and look at the clock, and only 45 or 60 minutes had passed. You can feel like you've been reading for forever, and you look up and it's only been an hour or two.
Everything in this book is on the verge of extreme, from the plot line to the fights to the humor. I would be up reading in the middle of the night, and I would crack up at something that Max or one of the others had said or done. Especially during chs. 47 and 101, when they're being "questioned" by the scientists at Itex.
There's a website: http://www.max-dan-wiz.com/ that talks all about James Patterson's books. You can sign up and talk about all sorts of things. Like the apocalypse, whether or not Kristen Stewart should play Max in the movie, that sort of stuff. It's actually pretty cool. Also, Fang used to have a blog: http://maximumride.blogspot.com/, but it was moved to http://www.max-dan-wiz.com/profiles/blog/list?promoted=1. I gotta say, it's way cool. There's stuff there from the flock, but also stuff from other people, like Daniel X.
(Wow. This has got to be my longest post about a book. Ever. Four paragraphs. My English teacher would be proud. Probably not. Oh well.)
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