The Angel Experiment

Patterson's explosive debut in the young adult market. From Death Valley, California, to the bowels of the NYC subway system, six feisty family members go on a journey of action, adventure, and soul-seeking. Fourteen-year-old Maximum "Max" Ride 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. It may seem like a dream come true to some, but their lives soon morphed into a living nightmare when Angel, the youngest member of the Flock, is kidnapped and taken back to the "School" where she and the others were experimented on by a crew of wack-jobs. Her friends brave a journey to save Angel, but soon enough they find themselves in yet another nightmare - this one involving fighting off the half-human, half-wolf monsters called Erasers. Along the way Max discovers that her purpose is save the world. But can she?