LOVED IT!!!!!! 9dont know whats wrong with these guys!) of course i wantred more i finished the whole freaking (what published as of today) series in 3 days. I was @ Borders like evryday after school!!! This storyline rocks AND SO DOES JAMES PATTERSON!!!! ((Oh and MAX AND FANG GET A LITTLE MORE INOLVED)) ((( im a hopless romantic)))

I've said it once, I'll say it again, THIS SERIES ROCKS!!! Not my favorite book in the series (mainly because of a certain Dr. Stupdenous), but still amazing!

James Patterson has a good idea in mind, but actually pulling it off is a completely different story. At first what appears to be creative, albeit mindless fiction soon becomes silly, far-fetched and plot-less. Around this time in the series, all the protagonists are doing is fighting, being captured, escaping, and fighting again. Sounds fine the first five or six times around, but soon becomes redundant and monotonous. I have read the entire series, and the books also start to become suffocatingly preachy about saving the environment.

This educational book enlightens kids not only on the messages of global warming, but also on commitment and the bond of true friendship.

READ IT

Gripping story line as well as educational about global warming with out feeling like its being forced on you, in fact you don't even realize that that is the point of the book until the last chapter your so fixated on the adventures these kids are running into in Antarctica. There is a small amount of violence but less then was in the first three books. The book is written in a way that children in 4th and 5th can easily read, and understand maturity of this book can be understood by some 2nd and 3rd graders and the content I feel would still be appropriate. I like the format that Patterson put his chapters in(same in all Maximum Ride series so far) it won't over whelm children who struggle with reading the longest chapter I believe was 10 pages long but usually averaged 4-5.

i for one am a huge fan of all things max ride-except for this book. it was truly the wortst one of the series. the characters and plot werent written with as much pizzazz as i was used to from james patterson. it almost felt as if he was off when writing this-maybe he didnt drink his morning coffee. or maybe something more sinister, like someone pretended to be him so they could publish a lame book about global warming, disguised as a fiction young adult novel. the whole book seems like a ridiculous political stunt to raise awareness about global warming, which is pretty what the entire books plot centers around. i for one, take maxs stand point from the begnning of the book-global warming? yeah, right. pshaw. pollution? bad. global warming? hippie propaganda. and i know what im talking about, because i spent several hours researching the topic for a biology project.

When looking at a book we need to first realize that the auther may have a diferent opinion then us, and look past that diference ( though in some cases it is just better not to read the book example religous beliefs) The story line was good and the main characters goals where good. even if you don't believe in global warming you can look at the heart of the bird kids, it makes a good example. When reading this book remeber that this is only a small part of the story. The auther may say things that don't matter in this book, but they have importants in the other books. This book was well written and is a good example of a type of lit. I would suggest this book to children 10 ( could be a hard read for younger kids)and up, as well as fantasy buffs. In this book the flock ends up in antartica learning about gobal warming when they are captured and a mad man tries to make a profet off them. This is where total and aceala's relationship begins. A good example of over coming diferences to for relationships. A good book with some very good examples!

I love the entire maximum ride series!!! there is some violence but it is not that bad. Once you start reading you cant stop! i read the entire series in 10 days b/c i just couldn't stop reading!!!!!!!!