ANGELBy Darian Payne

Written by James Patterson Publisher: Little, Brown and

CompanyPublication Year: 2011

Intro to NovelThis story is the 5th book of the

Maximum Ride series. This book in the series is about a girl named Maximum Ride. She is a that had bird DNA added to her own DNA, so she can fly. In this book, she has to save the world again along with her friends, but she runs into many problems. One of tjose problems would include people she never expected to see again.

Protagonist The protagonist is Maximum Ride. She is

a girl that was grown in a lab in a test tube, and she was given bird DNA so that she could fly. She was made to save the world.

Antagonist The antagonist of this story of this story

is the Doomsday group. They are trying to rid the earth of all humans and let the genetically enhanced people to control it.

Central Conflict A group called the Doomsday group is

trying to kill all the humans on earth and start it over with just genetically enhanced people. Max has to figure out a way to stop them, but she might need the help of a person that she thought she’d never see again.

Minor Characters Angel – she is one of the people in Max’s

flock that will help save the world.

Minor Characters Cont. Fang – he was part of Max’s flock (and

boyfriend for an amount of time) until they hit some rough patches.

Minor Characters Cont. Jeb – he helped Max and her flock escape

from the School, but he eventually turned into a traitor.

What Critics Said Critic one – this critic said that he didn’t

like this book because the plot wasn’t as good as the ones in the books before this one. He also didn’t like the book because of the characterization(which was ok, but, according to him, compared to the other books in the series that’s not saying much).

Link - Mike's review of Angel

What Critics Said Cont. Critic two – this critic said that he wasn’t

really into this book because it changed so much that it left him reeling.

Link - Amber Ivers (Gravette, AR)'s review of Angel

My Take on the Novel Personally, I liked the book no matter

what the critics said. It was very interesting and hard for me to put it down when I was reading it. It was another very good edition to the Maximum Ride series.