Maximum Ride is a series of young adult science fiction and fantasy novels by American author James Patterson

James Patterson

James B. Patterson is an American author of thriller novels, largely known for his series about American psychologist Alex Cross...

. The series chronicles the lives of six fugitive kids – Max, Fang, Iggy, Gasman, Nudge, and Angel – known collectively as the Flock. Bred in a laboratory

Laboratory

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 called the School, they endured scientific experiments that rendered them 98% human and 2% avian

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In the first three books of the series, the Flock spends much of their time running from human-lupine

Lupine

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 hybrids (called Erasers) created by the School.