The book starts with 14 year old Maximum Ride and her group of friends who are the closest thing she has to a family. They have escaped from a facility known as the School, where they were raised. While at the School, mad scientists grafted bird DNA into them, giving them wings and strange powers. They think they have safely escaped the School, but they have been found. Erasers, which were also created at the School and are part wolf have found Max and her family. They kidnap the youngest child with wings, Angel.
This book is about the rescue mission to save Angel and to figure out the family's past and parents. Things are going smoothly when all of the sudden Max gets terrible headaches and a strange voice inside her head. While trying to sort things out, she runs into an old friend named Jeb, who helped them escape the School, but is now sided with the School. Meanwhile, the voice in her head is guiding her and agrees with Jeb. She doesn't know what to do, or why Erasers are hunting her down, but tries to help her friends in anyway she can.
One of the big themes in the book was that the line between good and bad can be blurred. Because the main characters have no money or caregivers, the author talks through Max about when stealing is okay and when it is unacceptable. Also, the School says that they are the "good guys" because they created the bird-kids to fight crime. I agreed with most of the authors views, but I was unsure of others.
I liked reading Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment and I look forward to reading the rest of the series. A.
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