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] close Fang: A Maximum Ride Novel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fang: A Maximum Ride Novel Author James Patterson Original title The Sky Is Falling: A Maximum Ride Novel Country United States of America Language English Genre Young Adult Fiction Publisher Little, Brown And Company Publication date March 15, 2010 (North America) Media type Book Pages 336 Preceded by MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel Followed by Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel Fang: A Maximum Ride Novel is the sixth book in the Maximum Ride series written by James Patterson. It was released on February 5, 2010 in Australia, New Zealan d and the UK and was released in the US on March 15, 2010. Its tag line is: He h as always been there for her. Now he may be gone forever. In January 2010, free Audio Excerpts of the first 6 chapters of Fang became avai lable on James Patterson's official website.[1] Contents [hide] 1 Plot 2 Main characters 3 Reception 4 References Plot[edit] The novel begins with the Flock traveling to Chad in Africa. They are there to h elp the residents as part of the Coalition to Stop the Madness project, but are attacked by local rebels who are opposed to receiving help from outsiders. After beating the rebels, the Flock proceed to do volunteer work, such as distributin g rice. On the second night, Angel reveals that 'Fang will be the first to die', causing an upset in the Flock, before Dr. Hans, a former Itex worker, interrupts. He in vites Max and Angel to breakfast where introduces them to his new experiment, Dy lan, a bird kid like them but someone who cannot fly well. At breakfast, it is r evealed that Dr. Hans plans on forcing the human race to evolve by using the Flo ck as evolutionary templates. He tries to enlist Max's help by showing her the a dvancements he has currently made, the most extreme being cutting off and regrow ing his own finger. She, however, refuses to help, and quickly returns to the Fl ock where she instructs them to wait. Back in America, in the E house on the cliff of a canyonwhere the Flock resided a t the beginning of Maximum Ride: The Angel Experimentthe members of the Flock are safe. Total is back with them after staying with Max's mother, and Max and Ange l still have not spoken. Max, after deliberation, blackmails the Flock into a se lf-taught home school, because they need to learn things in order to understand the enemy. This leads to a trip to an unnamed museum where Iggy voices his wish that he was not blind. Returning home, the Flock fight, and Max suddenly decides that tomorrow will be her birthday. She asks if anyone else wants to turn a year older, and so a party is planned for all of them the following day. While exchanging gifts, Jeb arriv es with Dylan in a black four wheel drive Jeep as it is revealed that Dylan is u nable to fly well. Max then teaches him how to fly starting with pushing him off of the roof. Afterwards, the rest of the Flock are still mad at Max. Angry at J eb, Max flies away, and Fang goes after her. During this time, the others are at tacked by Erasers, who were supposedly extinguished in Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports. It is also revealed that Dylan has been trained

to fight, and can self-heal his own wounds. When Max and Fang return, the Flock vote Max out because she and Fang were not t here to help them fight the Erasers. Instead, Max and Fang were making out in a tree, causing the flock to feel they are too caught up in their relationship to lead and help the group. They both leave for Las Vegas. Meanwhile, the water sup ply to the house is tainted with a genetic accelerator that induces mutations. A ngel replaces Max as Flock leader, and takes the new group to a celebrity party in Hollywood. They are attacked when Max and Fang find them, and are suffering f rom the side effects of the genetic accelerator. Jeb is shot while protecting th e Flock, but survives. After recovering, Angel leaves to join Dr. Hans as Max resumes leadership. Later , a vague letter from Fang warns Max not to follow him. Fang finds Angel and Dr. Hans, but is shot with a tranquilizer dart, and he passes out. When Fang comes to, he is badly beaten and restrained to a bed. Dr. Hans plans to experiment on Fang with his genetic accelerator drug and injects Fang with it. However, the dr ug ends up causing him to die. Angel tells(through her mind) Max to come to resc ue him, but when the Flock arrives, they are too late. Max desperately tries to bring Fang around, but to no avail. She finally stabs a needle of adrenaline int o his chest and after a few moments, Fang is brought back to life. Then Dylan tr ies to kill Dr. Hans with a needle he finds, but when he realizes it is against the Flock's way to kill in cold blood he stabs himself with it in a suicide atte mpt, but lives. In the epilogue Total marries Akila. Fang leaves the reception early, and when t he Flock arrives back home after the reception, Max goes to look for Fang, but i nstead finds a letter addressed to her. Max reads the letter aloud to the rest o f the Flock. In the letter, Fang tells Max that he loves her more than anything, but it is because of their love that he is leaving the Flock. He tells Max that everyone was right about them starting to only care about themselves and that i t puts the others in danger he also calls Max sweetheart which surprises everyon e. The rest of the Flock still needs her to be a leader and she can't do that wi th him around. He also tells her that he knows where he is going and to please n ot look for him. At the end of the letter, Fang makes a promise to Max. He says that if in 20 years, if both of them are still alive, and the world is still in one piece, then he will meet her at the top of the cliff where they learned to f ly like the hawks in Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment. After the epilogue, Max goes through Fang's files on an old laptop since Nudge i s using the new one. The first thing Max sees is Fang's MaxProCon.doc showing th e pros and cons of Max, such as, "She's a good leader, but a drill sergeant." In the next file, Fang is describing what happened in Africa. Then, he has his "gi ftlist" for everyone's birthday, and describes Max's gift. In the next file he t alks about when he and Max were in Las Vegas. The file after that contains a let ter to Dylan where he writes that he hates Dylan more than anyone because he lik es Max and Dylan is trying to be with her. After this, a long string of question s is shown, written by a fan called "Jessie." Jessie (whose gender is not confir med) asks such unusual questions as "Do you smoke apples?" "Would you tell us if you were gay?" "Has Angel ever read your mind when you were having dirty though ts about Max and gone 'OMG' and you were like 'D:'?" Fang's responses range from "Uhhhh...." to "hahahahahahaha" to "I could never be as Fangalicious as you'd w ant me to be." He ends it by saying that he has been by Max's side forever but h e now cannot be around anymore because his anger towards Dylan is "clouding my d ecisions" and that he does not "know what the right thing to do" is. Main characters[edit] Main article: List of characters in Maximum Ride Maximum (Max) Ride-The title character and leader of the Flock. She is also the first-person narrative of the book. She acts as a mother figure and leader to th e rest of the Flock. She has the ability to fly at extremely fast speeds, achiev ing over 200 miles per hour and is able to breathe underwater. She also has a Vo ice in her head that gives her various advice and puzzling statements. Max is ro mantically involved with Fang but later ends up with Dylan, and turns 15 in the

book. Max is about 5' 8" with dirty blonde hair that has 'sun streaks in it', ac cording to Angel. She has a wingspan of 14 feet. Her feathers are light brown an d has blonde streaks across them. Fang-Co-captain of the Flock. He is brooding, and more cold and calculating than Max. Has the ability to blend into his surroundings by remaining perfectly stil l and is able to breathe under water. He is romantically involved with Max. He t urns 15 in the book. He is about 6' 3" with olive skin, dark eyes, and ink-black hair. He has a 14' wingspan and glossy black feathers which turn purple in the sun. Iggy-The Flock's blind weapons expert and Gazzy's best friend. He was not born b lind, but his eyes were destroyed in a night-vision experiment while he was at t he lab. He has the ability to "see" the color of an object by touching it, and c an also identify a person by touching them. He also turns 15 in the book. Nudge-Her real name is Monique. She is African-American and very talkative. She turns 12 in the book. She has the ability to hack in to computers and can attrac t metal to herself. Gasman (Gazzy)-He is called the Gasman due to his unstable digestive system. Ang el is his younger sister, and they are the only two blood-related siblings in th e Flock. Has the ability to produce nauseating gas in large amounts, and the abi lity to mimic any sound. He turns 9 in the book. Angel-The youngest member of the Flock, she is 7 years old and Gasman's younger sister. She has the ability to read and control minds, can breathe underwater, a nd she can also talk to fish, and can even morph into the shape of a bird of par idise. She believes that she could be a better leader of the flock, and tried be coming the leader. Total-A talking dog that also has wings on his back and he can use them to fly. He is in love with Akila, whom he ends up marrying at the end of the book. Dylan-The latest installment in the Flock. Dylan was created by a set of scienti sts that aimed to create another birdkid. Dylan was cloned from the original Dyl an who died in a car crash. Dylan is Maximum's perfect "other half". Dylan has b londe hair, blue eyes, and tan skin. Dylan is an excellent fighter and flier as well as a singer. His singing is said to "stop a rabid dog in its tracks." The Voice- The voice that has been in Max since The Angel Experiment. The voice gives sound advice to Max, but in the recent books the voice has not appeared. Reception[edit] The reviewer for Booklist Publication said that this book will excite the reader s of the Maximum Ride series.[2] References[edit] Jump up ^ http://www.jamespatterson.com/books_maximumRideSix.php?maximumRideSixP t=2#audiobook Jump up ^ Tixier Herald, Diana (2010-04-15). "Fang.". Booklist (American Library Association/Booklist Publications) 106 (16): 43. Retrieved 2011-04-04. [hide] v t e James Patterson Bibliography Novels When the Wind Blows Hide and Seek Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas The Jester The La ke House Sam's Letters to Jennifer Judge and Jury The Quickie Sundays at Tiffany 's Sail The Postcard Killers Black Friday Alex Cross series Characters Alex Cross Kyle Craig Books Along Came a Spider Kiss the Girls Jack & Jill Cat and Mouse Pop Goes the Weasel Roses Are Red Violets Are Blue Four Blind Mice The Big Bad Wolf London Bridges Mary, Mary Cross Double Cross Cross Country Alex Cross's Trial I, Alex Cross Cro ss Fire Kill Alex Cross Merry Christmas, Alex Cross Alex Cross, Run Cross My Hea rt

Daniel X series The Dangerous Days of Daniel X Watch the Skies Demons and Druids Daniel X: Game Over Daniel X: Armageddon Maximum Ride series List of characters Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports Maximum Ride: T he Final Warning MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel Fang: A Maximum Ride Novel Angel: A M aximum Ride Novel Nevermore: The Final Maximum Ride Adventure Michael Bennett series Step on a Crack Run for Your Life Worst Case Tick Tock I, Michael Bennett Gone Witch & Wizard series Witch & Wizard Witch & Wizard: The Gift Witch & Wizard: The Fire Witch & Wizard: The Kiss Women's Murder Club series 1st to Die 2nd Chance 3rd Degree 4th of July The 5th Horseman The 6th Target 7th Heaven The 8th Confession The 9th Judgment 10th Anniversary 11th Hour 12th of N ever Non-fiction Against Medical Advice: A True Story Co-Authored with Peter de Jonge Beach House (2003) Co-Authored with Neil McMahon Toys (2011) Co-Authored with David Ellis Mistress (2013) Categories: Maximum Ride2010 novels21st-century American novels Navigation menu Create accountLog inArticleTalkReadEditView history Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Donate to Wikipedia Wikimedia Shop Interaction Help About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact page Tools Print/export Languages Edit links This page was last modified on 27 December 2013 at 22:30. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; add itional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and P rivacy Policy. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-prof it organization.