The Final Warning (2008) (edit title/settings)

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• Maximum Ride (Max): The 14-year-old leader of the flock, as well as the main character, she has taken it as her duty to help save the world. this was already stated in a previos charrie deal >:(
• Fang: Max's best friend and second-in-command in the flock, also 14 with black hair, he gets a little too close to Brigid for Max's liking, though Fang has no idea why this upsets her. . .
• Iggy: Iggy is 14 and the only blind member of the flock. He is often partnered up with Gazzy, which usually involves explosives, something these boys can't seem to get enough of them. Iggy likes to make bombs behind Max's back which gets on her nerves.
• Nudge: At 11 years old, Nudge is the talker (and girly-girl) of the flock. Max sometimes comments on how her nonstop conversations can be a bit annoying at times. She and Angel are really close.
• The Gasman (Gazzy): Known for his love of explosives and has truly messed-up digestive system, Gazzy is the 8 year old biological brother of Angel, who are the only members of the flock that are related. The blond-haired boy likes to be seen as brave.
• Angel: The Gasman or Gazzy's biological sister. She can read and control minds and breath underwater. Angel is also really close to Total, who she rescued in the first book.
• Max: Long blonde hair nice brown and tan color wings and Brown leather windbreaker. She is the leader of the flock and acts compassionate, but can also be very fierce. Very protective and will do anything to help her flock.
• Total: A small black Scottie dog, Total is known for his motor-mouth (yes, he is a talking mutant dog) who the flock rescued from a School. He is especially close to Angel, because she was responsible for his rescue.
• Dr. Valencia Martinez: Max's mom. Max dreamed of having her as a mom and then found out that she actually is. Dr. Martinez has another little girl named Ella and Max adores her.
• Jeb Batchelder: Max's dad, though she doesn't really recognize him as her father. I mean, when you go from evil scientist to good guy back to evil scientist and then good guy once more, you can't really blame her for not trusting him. He saved her then left her then came back and said it was for her own good...To me it sounds like a certain vampire boy and a girl whose name bigins with a B
• Dr. Brigid Dwyer: Brigid, also known by Max's sarcastic name "Dr. Amazing," she is a twenty-one year old scientist whom the flock met while in Antarctica. She is described as pretty and blond, and is often found flirting with Fang. Which made Max dislike her instantly.
• Akila: The object of Total's affections, Akila is a pure bred white Malamute who is a part of the group of scientists in Antarctica.
• Dr. Michael Papa: One of the leading research scientists of the International Earth Science Foundation, a part of the crew aboard the boat the Wendy K.
• Melanie Bone: The crew's communications specialist
• Bryan Carey: The crew's dive specialist
• Emily Robertson: The crew's eco-paleontologist
• Sue-Ann Wong: The crew's ice specialist.
• Paul Carey: The ship's captain, navigator, and expert in South Polar wildlife.
• The Uber-Director: The head of a company, though he is somewhat inhuman.
• Gozen: The Uber Director's creepy assistant. He looks like he was made out of mismatched body parts sewn together, giving him a sci-fi Frankenstein sort of look.
• Ari: An eraser that seems bent on the death of Max. He is the son of the scientist Jeb. He was later discovered in a previous book to be her half-brother.
• The Voice: A voice that Maximum here's in her heard every now and then. Once, the Voice, was found out to be Jeb, but it seems that he can only do the Voice sometimes; he is not the Voice. The Voice generally gives info to Max to help her on her path to saving the world, and to give smart-alack comments every now and then.
• UD: Uber-director. A series of glass building blocks containing human organs stacked together to resemble a human. It is controlled by a super intelligent brain and has a semi-human voice.
• Brian Carey: Add a description of this character.
• Ella: A girl that takes care of Max after she was shot by bullies in an earlier book. She was later found out to be Max's half-sister.
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• Gazzy: A literally gaseous child who has a knack for all things mischievous and explosive.
• The Voice: A voice that is in Max's head whenever she doesn't want it to.

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• “"What happened to your tan?""It was dirt."”

  Fang and Max, respectively

• “Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!”

  Total

• “Regular dog! She’s perfection! Don’t you ever call her "regular"again! Is the Venus de Milo just a statue? Is the Mona Lisa just a painting? Is the Louvre just a museum?”

  Total, talking about Akila

• “I do want us to try to recognize the good in things. Like my mom. And Ella. And chocolate-chip cookies. It just seems like we shouldn't let our enemies make us all bitter and full of hate and stuff...”

  Max

• “"You look . . . like a girl," says Fang. "There's a reason for that," I tell him. "No, I mean like a real--" "Like a real what?" "Ooh, Max, you look great! That top is totally hot! You look at least sixteen" Nudge tells me.”

  Fang, Max, and Nudge

• “"Is there something going on between you and Fang?" "No. What do you mean?" "Just be careful. There are other kinds of pain besides physical.."”

  Max and Dr. Matinez

• “Twelve fuzzums little chickums.”

  Max in her notes

• “White is the color of fluffy white clouds fluffing their way across the sky.”

  Max's poem

• “A gas blanket," said Iggy. "Well, you should know all about that, Gaz.”

  Iggy

• ““Well, Ari, I’m sorry that it’s ended like this,” he said, so quietly I could hardly hear him, even with my raptor super-hearing. “you were a decent little kid, and then you were a total nightmare. I didn’t trust you- until the very end. I didn’t know you much, I didn’t care to.” Fang stopped and brush some overlong hair out of his eyes. “Right now, that feels like the biggest tragedy of all.””

  Fang

• “White is the color of every last freaking, gol-danged thing you see for endless miles and miles if you happen to be in Antarctica trying to save the world, which now you aren’t so sure you can do because you feel like if you see any more whiteness — Wonder Bread, someone’s underwear, teeth — you will completely and totally lose your ever-lovin’ mind and wind up pushing a grocery cart full of empty cans around New York City, muttering to yourself.”

  Narrator (Max)

• ““Oh, good. Yoda captured us,” Fang whispered.”

  Fang

• “My eyes flickered when I heard the Voice inside my head. (You mean you don’t have one? You can get ’em at Target.)”

  Narrator (Max)

• ““Yes.” I kept a straight face. “A hamster called. He wants his home back."”

  Max

• ““Have you guys been playing in toxic waste again?” Fang asked severely, putting his hands on his hips.”

  Fang

• “IN CASE YOU DON’T KNOW, safety glass can still shatter. They call it safety glass because it tends to shatter into somewhat-less-sharp cubes, rather than saberlike shards. Little bit of info for ya there. See? I’m fun and educational!”

• ““It’s a problem because plants affect animals, and animals affect plants, and the whole system goes out of balance,” Melanie explained. “ ‘It’s the ciiirrrcle of liiiifffe,’ ” Iggy sang.”

  Melanie and Iggy

• ““We would get to study you, frankly,” said a tall, lean man who, I kid you not, looked just like Bill Nye the Science Guy.”

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• “Did you know that a penguin, if startled, might suddenly barf on you? We didn’t either. Did you know how revolting regurgitated, half-digested krill and squid is? I do now.”

• “Reason number 52 why Gazzy isn’t the flock leader.”

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• America: The starting of their 'trip' or mission. They were at America when they got the message to go to Antarctica.
• Wendy K.: The large, sort of rundown boat that takes the flock to Antarctica
• Antarctica: The Wendy K.'s destination. The flock and the scientists on board are studying the effects of global warming.

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• The flock: Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel. Angel also has a talking dog named Total.
• The International Earth Science Foundation: All of the Wendy K.'s crew members, with the exception of the flock, belong to this group.

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Preparation: You should be ready for the worst. And ready for everything

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, and followed by Max.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. James Patterson (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Gabrielle Charbonnet

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Awards edit see section history

• New York Times Bestseller

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PZ7.P27653 Fi 2008
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Great read for young adults, but some themes and underlying hints at sexual inuendos are vaguely present. Good for down to about 12.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Action & Adventure

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• Max-Dan-Wiz: The book series's official website

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• Maximum Ride (2014) (IMDb)

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