Anna Guzman's Wings

Anna C. de Guzman
Grade 7
Period 6
Author of Dear Sierra

Death. Life. Wings?

Reviewed by Anna C. de Guzman, Friday, December 5th

Everyone has their problems, I have mine. School, boys, and all that. We always hear about how other have it worse. Well, these kids have it worse. Their school was a science lab where they were created. Boys, reckless, in love, and one of them was created specifically for her. Literally, he’s a clone with a hormone or something telling him to love her. Yep, life is as messed up as it can get for them. And that’s without the wings. The end isn’t near, it’s here in James Patterson’s soaring novel, that will literally fly off the shelves, Nevermore. It’s poetic-ish, suspenseful, and above all full of the love for eachother.

Maximum (Max) Ride, age 15, is a completely independent, caring, and mother like leader of her flock, Dylan (15), Iggy (15), Nudge (12), The Gasman or Gazzy (9), and Angel (7). These kids have been together for as long as they can remember, and that includes being raised for some time in dog crates. Max is really easy to relate to, she has the problems of a normal teenage girl, and what seems like the weight of the world. Let’s be honest who hasn’t felt like that? As they do so, readers will love watching Max evolve.

In the Maximum Ride series the flock has had many of trials.

Basically anything from, regenerating brothers, surgeries, flying wolf-human hybrids, and a couple deaths here or there. Nothing huge, or anything. But nothing prepared them for what happens now. After defeating the Doomsday Group the flock feels really gleeful, until Fang’s life is threatened. Fang is a once member of the flock. Now he needs to come back to help Max. The 99% Plan is in action. The 99% Plan’s idea is to kill ninety-nine percent of the human population, and that includes everyone, except for the genetically enhanced mutants. As she has always been told, it’s time for Max to ‘harden her heart’ and ‘save the

world’.

This book, and series, is teaching lesson to it’s readers. The lesson, and I know this sounds cheesy, is to stick together the best you can and look out for eachother. Although this is indirectly shown, it’s also directly shown. Max, at times, says exactly this. At times it was right there, easy to pick out. At others, you really had to stop and think.

I absolutely loved this book. The entire time I was on the edge of my seat, just hoping that they would live. The drama was amazing. It enhanced the story in so many ways. Making it nearly impossible to put down. The problem is, it’s so annoying when you just can’t figure out what happens next. The only thing that could have made it a little better would be if we got to see inside the other characters minds, too. I highly recommend this book.