The Final Warning (Maximum Ride, Book 4) | James Patterson | A little slower than the rest of the...

The Final Warning (Maximum Ride, Book 4) | James Patterson | Out of Place

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	The Final Warning (Maximum Ride, Book 4) James Patterson Little, Brown and Company, 2008 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 112 reviews view larger image
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A little slower than the rest of the series, but still a good read

Maximum Ride is an unforgettable 14-year-old girl with a way-out-of-control, hilariously sarcastic attitude. But who can blame her with everything she has on her shoulders, including a pair of 13-foot wings?

Max spent the first part of her life locked in a cage, undergoing cruel tests and horrid experiments as evil scientists fused bird DNA onto her human genes. The results produced a super-human hybrid that can soar high into the clouds. Then, with the help of a sympathetic scientist named Jeb, Max and the other bird kids escaped the evil organization. Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman and Angel all look to Max for leadership, protection, guidance and even a bit of affection; all of them miss not having real parents to love.

Things, however, are changing for their newest adventure. Max's dream of finding her birth parents has come true, and she trusts Dr. Martinez, her newfound mother, with her whole heart. The same cannot be said for her biological father, Jeb; he has messed up the Flock's lives too much to rely on him. But when Dr. Martinez suggests a location and a mission for the group to withdraw to for rest and safety, Max believes that her mom has their best interests at heart. Of course, that doesn't mean that the Flock won't be on alert for anything and everything to go wrong. They have to stay vigilant. Their lives depend on it.

So Max and her Flock find themselves cruising south on a research vessel with a handful of scientists on their way to the bottom of the world --- Antarctica! They will use their special talents to assist the scientist gathering data on global warming. As Max learns a bit about their mission, she doesn't see what the big deal is concerning this issue. In fact, she longingly dreams of warmer weather as she explores the frozen Antarctic continent. But the more she learns, the more she realizes how devastating global warming is and how desperately in danger our planet is.

And speaking of special talents, everybody in the Flock seems to be continually mutating new and beyond wild abilities. Just as Max developed super speed and Angel began to read minds in previous Maximum Ride books, now Iggy, Fang, Gazzy and even Total, the talking dog, develop incredible new skills. But will they be any help when the new evil scientist catches up with them, intent on exploiting the Flock family for money and power?

James Patterson never disappoints in this series, in which fast-paced, non-stop action combines with extraordinary characters to form an amazing adventure. Add in a hilariously sharp wit, an unending imagination and a massive, very real global threat, and readers are rewarded with a winner each and every time. Once again, Patterson delivers the ultra-important message that young people can make a difference in the world, and he conveys it in such a way that will hopefully inspire and motivate children to actually get out there and repair some of the world's hurts. Long live Maximum Ride!

--- Reviewed by Chris Shanley-Dillman, author of FINDING MY LIGHT and THE BLACK POND

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Out of Place

I've loved every single Maximum Ride book. I could always count on the fact that they would have good action, witty dialouge, and a great plot. The problem with this one was that most of these elements were missing. The dialouge was still funny as ever, but other parts were a major let down. There wasn't really any action other than one part and there was no fighting. The villian in this book was not interesting to me at all and just seemed doomed to fail. Even with these problems I still thought that it could be a good book and that was because the plot is always great. Not this time. The story didn't have anything to do with the other books. Gone is the quest to take down Itex. Instead they have to stop global warming. Don't get me wrong I think it's agood message to be sending, but not in a kids book. I'm 14 and I tink most kids my age know global warming is bad. The entire book just seemed preachy instead of fun and action packed. I'll say it again I love the Maximum Ride books, but this one was a letdown.

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Misinterpreted...

Okay, like the rest of America i was sooo excited for the continuation of the Maximum Ride series, but instead of the action-packed thriller,nonstop read, edge of your seat book i had beed expecting,i got a dinky little 256 book that was one big boring lecture.
Don't get me wrong, i believe in stopping global warning and helping to enviorment too,but the whole time i was reading it ,it felt mocking.
The only real rediming quality about this book was the progress in Max's and Fang's relationship.
Also, one bad book in a great series i can forgive, but i'm wondering is JPs' going for two?
The fith book in the series "Waterwings" is only going to be 272 pgs long, and the theme is "polution".
*Sigh* we can only hope its better than it sounds i suppose...

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