Letters from JP
Maximum Ride
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Maximum Ride is a novel about six pretty amazing kids who are brought up in a science lab and have some remarkable powers, like — they can fly. The story, I think, is as good as Spider-Man, and I love Spidey.
When I was researching Maximum Ride, I talked to dozens of scientists, and they told me that things like what happens in Maximum Ride will occur in our lifetime.
Anyway, in this excerpt from the book, the kids — led by Max, who is the story's narrator — arrive in New York City. Here's what happens next.
(By the way, the kids are being pursued by Erasers. Erasers are part human but can morph into wolves, and they are nasty.)
