Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment

"The six of us—me, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman, and Angel—were made on purpose, by the sickest, most horrible 'scientists' you could possibly imagine." This line shows that Max is part of a big family of genetically engineered kids who have become her family in the story. The whole book has a reoccurring theme that family is the most important thing we have in this life. I think the best theme could be identified as “Family will always come through for you.”

I think this story is a great example for people who were not born with a family that even your friends can become your blood. The book starts out with Max and her family of genetically mutated family of six at their home in the mountains. The main conflict beings when the scientists from The
School come back and kidnap the youngest of the group, Angel, once this happens the theme “Family
Comes First” becomes a huge theme. The Flock follows Angel to The School and are captured again and are so shocked to find Jeb is alive and well and returned to the School to conduct tests once again. The underlying theme in the story is that family will always be there for you. The bond between the Flock is so strong that the kids risk their lives and their safety to return to the School to rescue Angel. They are imprisoned again in the animal cages just to help rescue one of their own. This shows the deep rooted love Max has for her Flock and that she will go to any extent and will risk her own life for any of them.
When Max discovers the news about Jeb he asks her to trust him and later Angel tells the others after they escape that they know about where they came from. This is shocking because all of Max’s life she believed that she was a test tube child and had no real parents. This information makes all of the Flock

uneasy because they had always looked at each other as family and the news that they may actually have blood related family seems to throw all of them off. As the book comes to a