Maximum Ride series, James Patterson

James Patterson is the author of 95 novels, all of which he has written since 1976. He continues to release several books a year so his numbers will continue to grow. Patterson has had 19 consecutive number one New York Times bestsellers and he holds a Guinness World Record for having the most number one New York Times bestsellers, which he has 76. Patterson attended Manhattan College and Vanderbilt University. He worked in advertising until 1996, when he quit to focus on his writing career. Patterson is most well-known for his Alex Cross series, Women’s Murder Club series, Michael Bennett series, and Maximum Ride series. Patterson has several ways that he promotes reading in youth. He has a website called ReadKiddoRead, which is designed to help teachers, parents, and librarians chose books at the correct that will excite children about reading. His College Book Bucks program has given over $170,000 in book shopping sprees to students graduating or just out of high school. Patterson has sold over 300 million books worldwide and holds another Guinness World Record for being the first person to sell one million electronic books.

There are nine books in total in the Maximum Ride series, with the newest one being released on May 18, 2015. In order the books are: Maximum Ride: Angel Experiment, Maximum Ride: School’s Out Forever, Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, Maximum Ride: The Final Warning, Max, Fang, Angel, Nevermore, and Maximum Ride Forever. These books are a series of young adult fantasy novels that follows the adventures of Maximum “Max” Ride and her friends Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel.  Max and her friends are known as the Flock due to the fact that they are avian-human hybrids, they have wings. These wings are from experiments at a lab facility known as The School. The Flock escapes from The School and continue to evade their enemies at The School and try to stop them from harming others throughout the entirety of the series. Max and her Flock go through a number of trials, betrayals, victories, and many other problems as they grow and mature into their roles of keeping the world safe from the scientists at The School and other terrible people.

Maximum Ride is one of my favorite series of books written by my favorite author. Each book is worth the read and you will not be able to put any of them down, just like any book written by James Patterson.