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School's Out - Forever (Maximum Ride #2)
by
James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride and the other members of the "Flock"--Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel--are just like ordinary kids--only they have wings and can fly. It seems like a dream come true--except that they're being hunted by half-human, half-wolf "Erasers" who can fly, too.
In Book 2 of the series, the Flock members are taken under the wing of an FBI agent and...more
In Book 2 of the series, the Flock members are taken under the wing of an FBI agent and...more
Paperback, 410 pages
Published
April 1st 2007
by Little, Brown and Company
(first published May 23rd 2006)
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Nov 25, 2008
An
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
all the students who even do not like reading
Recommended to An by:
Nancy
Book title: Maximum Ride- School out Forever
Author: James Patterson
Page: 416
Wow, i start running with Max and the children again. I cannot wait anymore. Curiosity and excitement are my feeling right now. I have to read it immediately. Sorry, i will tell you next week...^^
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I give five stars for the second sequel of Maximum Ride this week. I feel so excited when running in the same ride as Max and the Flocks. James Patterson is indeed an amazing writer. His story makes me...more
Author: James Patterson
Page: 416
Wow, i start running with Max and the children again. I cannot wait anymore. Curiosity and excitement are my feeling right now. I have to read it immediately. Sorry, i will tell you next week...^^
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I give five stars for the second sequel of Maximum Ride this week. I feel so excited when running in the same ride as Max and the Flocks. James Patterson is indeed an amazing writer. His story makes me...more
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Oct 25, 2010
Joyzi
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3 of 5 stars
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I love the characters, my favorite character was the Gasman because he's really funny and he makes me laugh.
Okay so character-wise it was the best but plot-wise it was okay. So the plot was like a big random mess I don't really get it, and there are parts wherein I wished they edit that out because it seems pointless and the story drag quite a bit.
There's also so many deux-ex-machina that it was really getting into my nerves. What I mean it is not enough that one character get one superpower b...more
Okay so character-wise it was the best but plot-wise it was okay. So the plot was like a big random mess I don't really get it, and there are parts wherein I wished they edit that out because it seems pointless and the story drag quite a bit.
There's also so many deux-ex-machina that it was really getting into my nerves. What I mean it is not enough that one character get one superpower b...more
Jimmy cuthbert
12-13
schools out forever
james patterson
416 pages
9/27/09
10
i think max schanged the most from beginning to the end. because she at first thought she was the leader of the group. then the fbi agent took the flock in to live with her. and maxfelt like she was loseing her role as a leader. the flock became more and more attached to the fbi agent and wanted to live with her forever. but max was finally introduced to school and boys and friends for the first time and she liked it. she had...more
12-13
schools out forever
james patterson
416 pages
9/27/09
10
i think max schanged the most from beginning to the end. because she at first thought she was the leader of the group. then the fbi agent took the flock in to live with her. and maxfelt like she was loseing her role as a leader. the flock became more and more attached to the fbi agent and wanted to live with her forever. but max was finally introduced to school and boys and friends for the first time and she liked it. she had...more
This review is for books 1 and 2 in this series. I feel like I learned a lot from these books as a writer. The fact that book one hit number one on the NYT best seller list means to me that the author did something right, because a whole lot of people are enjoying it enough to buy it and probably tell their friends to buy it, too. So when I read books like these and I feel like he broke some major rules in a way that really, really weakened his books, I have to ask myself, so what exactly did he...more
Aug 20, 2008
Alexa
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Brenna Driscoll, Claire Checovich, Beth Hefty, Cecilia DeMarco
Recommended to Alexa by:
Leanne Sheth
Fang is critically injured on the way to DC by a flying Eraser attack. They have no choice but to go to the hospital, and their secret is discovered. The Flock is questioned by the FBI, and in return for Fang's treatment, Max reluctantly agrees for the Flock to stay with Anne Walker, an agent until Fang recovers. After a few days, Anne enrolls the Flock in a school run by William Pruitt. Fang and Max date people from the school named Lissa and Sam, and Iggy is friends with Tess, another girl. Bu...more
After I read Maximum Ride 1, I couldn't wait to find out what happened to these characters. In the first one, you meet Max (the leader), Fang (like second in command), Iggy (really awesome blind kid), Nudge (sweet hopeful girl), Gazzy (very energetic and loveable), and Angel (youngest but likely the smartest). You meet other characters like Jeb, Ari and some more. This book picked up where the other one left off. They were on their way to DC to finally find their parents. It starts with fang get...more
Maximum Ride = Marvelous Reading
As leader of her Flock, Max is tough and resilient. This bird girl does not give up on her mission to save the world and protect her Flock. She does it all with flair and a sarcastic edge. Despite endless betrayals and growing up in a lab, Max shows that she can have a soft side too.
The members of Max’s Flock are tight and they each have unique talents. Fang can disappear if he sits still long enough. Iggy sees everything in white. Nudge is magnetic. The Gasman is...more
As leader of her Flock, Max is tough and resilient. This bird girl does not give up on her mission to save the world and protect her Flock. She does it all with flair and a sarcastic edge. Despite endless betrayals and growing up in a lab, Max shows that she can have a soft side too.
The members of Max’s Flock are tight and they each have unique talents. Fang can disappear if he sits still long enough. Iggy sees everything in white. Nudge is magnetic. The Gasman is...more
Speravo migliorasse, e invece niente. E' un peccato, perché la trilogia di Maximum Ride si basa su idee molto interessanti e attuali, ma la resa è pessima.
Non so se sia perché Patterson si è ritrovato "costretto" a scrivere per un pubblico giovanile, oppure se è proprio questo il suo stile: ma questo libro è proprio scritto MALE. Malgrado lo sforzo di una narrazione in prima persona, risulta fin troppo semplice, povero nel linguaggio.
I personaggi rimangono quelli che sono. Unica sorpresa, Ari....more
Non so se sia perché Patterson si è ritrovato "costretto" a scrivere per un pubblico giovanile, oppure se è proprio questo il suo stile: ma questo libro è proprio scritto MALE. Malgrado lo sforzo di una narrazione in prima persona, risulta fin troppo semplice, povero nel linguaggio.
I personaggi rimangono quelli che sono. Unica sorpresa, Ari....more
Mar 17, 2009
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Another great book by James Patterson! In this new installment of the Maximum Ride series you find Max escaping with the flock to grassy fields and beachside resorts, with the lovely Erasers bringing grapes and juices. Yeah, what a boring book. Well goodbye.
Okay, did you really believe that was the review if you did, I'm sorry.Okay, there's not really more to say but, read the book. I'm serious if you have not read the your life is not complete until you read the series. Don't try to ignore it....more
Okay, did you really believe that was the review if you did, I'm sorry.Okay, there's not really more to say but, read the book. I'm serious if you have not read the your life is not complete until you read the series. Don't try to ignore it....more
Feb 20, 2009
Jason_W.
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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The book School's Out Forever is about a gang of kids that have been mutated by a group of scientist that makes them become avian hybrids. They try to break free of this group of this scientist. The group is lead by Max, she has a "voice" that keeps implying that she must save the world. She is backed up by Fang,Iggy,Gassy,Angel and Nudge. They must help her on saving the world from Intel the company with these really werid ideas of World Domination.
i can connect to the world where people who ha...more
i can connect to the world where people who ha...more
Cristina Guisa
Reading 6 - Baum
11/23/08
Question 14
I think the author wrote this story because he wanted to enhance reading in children. This book is really good I started it on Wednesday and I am already in part II. This second book is about the life of the flock that started when they escaped from the Erasers and the school in NY but now the Erasers are more bad than ever, they have wings too but the good thing is that they are not used to them yet. The erasers tried to hurt Max and the other k...more
Reading 6 - Baum
11/23/08
Question 14
I think the author wrote this story because he wanted to enhance reading in children. This book is really good I started it on Wednesday and I am already in part II. This second book is about the life of the flock that started when they escaped from the Erasers and the school in NY but now the Erasers are more bad than ever, they have wings too but the good thing is that they are not used to them yet. The erasers tried to hurt Max and the other k...more
Maximum Ride - Schools Out - Forever
James Patterson
Fiction
394 pages
Schools Out - Forever by James Patterson is a great book to continue the series Maximum Ride. This book is about the flock (because they are avian mutants) Max, the leader, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel. This book is about the flock running into Erasers (wolf-like mutants who are trying to kill them) and Fang gets badly injured. So they have to go to the hospital and there they meet a person who claims to try to help t...more
James Patterson
Fiction
394 pages
Schools Out - Forever by James Patterson is a great book to continue the series Maximum Ride. This book is about the flock (because they are avian mutants) Max, the leader, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel. This book is about the flock running into Erasers (wolf-like mutants who are trying to kill them) and Fang gets badly injured. So they have to go to the hospital and there they meet a person who claims to try to help t...more
I read the book "School's out-Forever" by James Patterson. I would recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of James Patterson's work, or someone that enjoys reading books that are action-packed. This book left me at the edge of my seat waiting to obtain the knowledge of what happens in the next book in the series. In the book the main characters are Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, theGasman, Angel, and their new mutant dog (that talks) named Total. When Fang is injured by an old enemy, the flock is f...more
uro que não minto mas aqui há uns tempos pensei que a Max se deveria ter perdido algures no ar e que estava com saudades dela. Por isso imaginam a minha alegria quando vi que ela estava e volta com o seu ritmo alucinante e as suas aventuras de cortar a respiração.
James Patterson tem um jeito natural para escrever para jovens. Falo-vos de frases curtas, poucas descrições e muita mas mesmo muita acção. Falo-vos também de um dos poucos livros que conheço que tem uma irmã mais velha como personagem...more
James Patterson tem um jeito natural para escrever para jovens. Falo-vos de frases curtas, poucas descrições e muita mas mesmo muita acção. Falo-vos também de um dos poucos livros que conheço que tem uma irmã mais velha como personagem...more
So when I first read "The Angel Experiment," I was BLOWN AWAY. I just love it. I love science-fiction dystopian type action-packed books and films, so I recommend it to anyone who loves action type stuff, because then it's meant for you to read. But anyways, back to this book. It's GREAT! The angel experiment was so good, this one was even better, which is impressive because most sequels end up being pretty crappy in my opinion, but James Patterson pulled this one off quite very good. You obviou...more
What I liked:
-Max. She got some pretty good character development in this book, and I enjoyed her exploring her more “feminine” side, and I especially liked her date with Sam. I also liked her little jealous streak when Fang got kissed by Lissa, and I liked Fang’s equal amount of jealousy towards Sam.
-Iggy. I liked the development with Iggy and his family. It seemed real and not the cheesy expected fairytale ending that I was expecting James Patterson to write. I liked that his parents saw him a...more
-Max. She got some pretty good character development in this book, and I enjoyed her exploring her more “feminine” side, and I especially liked her date with Sam. I also liked her little jealous streak when Fang got kissed by Lissa, and I liked Fang’s equal amount of jealousy towards Sam.
-Iggy. I liked the development with Iggy and his family. It seemed real and not the cheesy expected fairytale ending that I was expecting James Patterson to write. I liked that his parents saw him a...more
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Previewing this book for near teen-age boys. I do like the characters and the story line. My boys love books where sarcastic whit is strong in at least one character. Patterson does not fail to provide lots of zinging dialog. The graphic novels led us to these and I was unsure if they were for youth or adults because in our library some of the "Maximum Ride" series is housed in the adult fiction. In one of the graphic novels there were several occurrences of bad language but the rest of the grap...more
I loved this series because it was a story of teenagers... who could fly! This is actually the second book in the series, but I think it is my favorite because now that you've gotten to know the main characters: Max, Fang, Angel, Gazzy (Gasman), Iggy, and Nudge. Max is the leader, although she is practically the same age as Fang (whom she secretly loves) and Iggy (the blind bird-kid). Angel can read minds and is the youngest in the group. Nudge is the second girl in the group. These bird-kids,...more
This book was really good. I love all the characters. But Angel really scares me, even though she's only six... The plot was full of twists (good and bad). First, the Erasers had wings, then Ari comes back to life. Its all Ari's and the white coats fault that Fang was sent to the hospital. Its their fault they went to Anne's. Anne seemed like a great motherly figure, sending the kids to school, taking care of them and their dog (who can talk. I mean seriously, a talking dog? A bit over done.), a...more
(A Re-Review is a new review I've written of a book I reviewed during my first year of blogging.)
The second Maximum Ride novel is just as jaw-dropping as the first! It begins immediately after where The Angel Experiment left off, and it doesn’t take long (maybe one chapter) for action to resume in the story. If one thing can be said of the Maximum Ride series, it’s that there is never a dull moment. I’ve never found myself bored reading these books. The series thrills and entertains. Like a hors...more
The second Maximum Ride novel is just as jaw-dropping as the first! It begins immediately after where The Angel Experiment left off, and it doesn’t take long (maybe one chapter) for action to resume in the story. If one thing can be said of the Maximum Ride series, it’s that there is never a dull moment. I’ve never found myself bored reading these books. The series thrills and entertains. Like a hors...more
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My Review: School’s Out Forever picks up pretty much exactly where The Angel Experiment left off and it is once again, very fast-paced and filled with quick, short chapters. I’d like to take a moment and reaffirm my belief that this series is definitely meant for younger teens, even with the amount of violence each book has. The writing style that James Patterson uses is very simple and easy to follow, but just like The Angel Exper...more
My Review: School’s Out Forever picks up pretty much exactly where The Angel Experiment left off and it is once again, very fast-paced and filled with quick, short chapters. I’d like to take a moment and reaffirm my belief that this series is definitely meant for younger teens, even with the amount of violence each book has. The writing style that James Patterson uses is very simple and easy to follow, but just like The Angel Exper...more
After facing the “school” Max and her flock are discovered by FBI agents. Now they must all go to school, you now the place where you learn things such as math and reading? These are things they’ve never needed before so why should they need them now? Of course though when they think they are safe they really aren’t because the erasers are never far behind in fact in this book some chapters are told by Ari who is biologically Jebs son.
In this book the flock’s guardian is now Anne. They feel mor...more
In this book the flock’s guardian is now Anne. They feel mor...more
Apr 10, 2012
Giselle
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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The second book of the Maximum Ride series, School's Out-Forever, it continues to follow the story of the six human-avian hybrid kids Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gassy, and angel. The flock soon begins to attend regular school and finally start to have a normal right, but of course their lives can never be normal. While attending school, they still have run-ins with the Erasers who are also genetically modified but with wolves. The flock tries to stick together to help fight against the school.
The m...more
The m...more
In which the Flock chill at FBI Agent Anne's house for months (where they landed due to an incident where Fang got all torn up, had to go to the hospital, the doctors kind of couldn't not notice tho whole "bird kids" thing, and called in the FBI type people), winged Erasers become a Thing, Angel becomes a prat (wants to become leader, mind-controls the President, is all "yey, the world is going to end and we'll be the last ones left"), and there is Max 2.0 (who is kind of an idiot, but the scien...more
Jan 19, 2012
Lacey Librarian
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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Being a bit disappointed by the first Maximum Ride novel, I didn't have much intention of continuing the series. But then we played a game at the library where we drew numbers and had to read the book that had that number sticky-noted to it, and the number I drew corresponded with the first Maximum Ride book. Since I'd already read that one, I got clearance to read this one instead.
And with this book, I'm starting to see the appeal of this series, and think I will in fact seek out the rest of th...more
And with this book, I'm starting to see the appeal of this series, and think I will in fact seek out the rest of th...more
School's Out Forever (the second book in James Patterson's Maximum Ride Series) is very entertaining. I found myself reading it whenever possible.
These books hold some violence, but are clean and age appropriate. I've laughed at several of the situations/jokes, and I recommend these books.
As I told a friend, I enjoyed these books, but they are VERY YA, meaning that some of the humor is juvenile and some things are repeated a lot.
This particular book was both confusing and a bit choppy; the ba...more
These books hold some violence, but are clean and age appropriate. I've laughed at several of the situations/jokes, and I recommend these books.
As I told a friend, I enjoyed these books, but they are VERY YA, meaning that some of the humor is juvenile and some things are repeated a lot.
This particular book was both confusing and a bit choppy; the ba...more
My story was about this six bird kids named Max,Fang,Iggy,Nudge,Gasman, and Angel. They are on a mission to find all there parents, but they have trouble along the way. There are these wolf like creatures that can form them self into humans that follow them everywhere they go. they have lots of adventures they have been all over New York and Washington D.C. My favorite character is Max because she the leader of all of them and i like being the leader so shes my favorite.
I can relate myself to a...more
I can relate myself to a...more
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
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| Addicted to YA: School's Out Forever | 2 | 95 | Apr 04, 2013 02:23pm | |
| Is anyone excited to go back to school? | 11 | 25 | Mar 19, 2013 08:27pm | |
| Voice in your head? | 4 | 27 | Jan 15, 2013 04:32pm | |
| Who's your fav out of the flock? | 31 | 94 | Nov 04, 2012 04:34pm | |
| If you were in the flock.....? | 18 | 53 | Oct 29, 2012 07:12am | |
| Maximum Ride Fans!: School's Out -- Forever [#2] | 1 | 5 | Aug 07, 2012 07:18am |
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The subject of a Time magazine feature called, "The Man Who Can't Miss," James Patterson is the bestselling author of the past year, bar none, with more than 16 million books sold in North America alone. In 2007, one of every fifteen hardcover fiction books sold was a Patterson title. In the past three years, James has sold more books than any other author (according...more
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“Did you know that wasn’t me, the other Max?” I asked.
“Yeah.”
“When?”
“Right away.”
“How?” I persisted. “We look identical. She even had identical scars and scratches. She was wearing my clothes. How could you tell us apart?”
He turned to me and grinned, making my world brighter. “She offered to cook breakfast.”
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“Yeah.”
“When?”
“Right away.”
“How?” I persisted. “We look identical. She even had identical scars and scratches. She was wearing my clothes. How could you tell us apart?”
He turned to me and grinned, making my world brighter. “She offered to cook breakfast.”
“You...are...a...fridge...with wings,' Fang ground out, punching an Eraser hard with every word. 'We're...freaking...ballet...dancers.”
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