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Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
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Maximum Ride: Book 3

Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports (2007) (edit title/settings)

by James Patterson (Author) (edit contributors)

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In MAXIMUM RIDE: SAVING THE WORLD AND OTHER EXTREME SPORTS, the time has arrived for Max and her winged "flock" to face their ultimate enemy and discover their original purpose: to defeat the takeover of "Re-Evolution," a sinister experiment to re-engineer a select population into a... read more

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In MAXIMUM RIDE: SAVING THE WORLD AND OTHER EXTREME SPORTS, Max is faced with the hardest quest yet. She must face the ultimate enemy (flyboys). The flock gets captured by the school. Then Angel becomes bad and while the flock is in there they are being tested and questioned. they break out... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

In MAXIMUM RIDE: SAVING THE WORLD AND OTHER EXTREME SPORTS, Max is faced with the hardest quest yet. She must face the ultimate enemy (flyboys). The flock gets captured by the school. Then Angel becomes bad and while the flock is in there they are being tested and questioned. they break out with the help of Angel and Ari because it turns out Angel was never really bad. Really what happened was that Max and Angel had come up with this plan that Angel would fake that she was bad if they ever got caught. So they fly away and then split up because Ari came with them and Fang did not like it.So they split. Fang, Iggy, and Gazzy are one group and Max, Ari, Angel with Total, and Nudge are the other group. Later in Germany Max's group get captured and they call for Fang and them to there rescue. While they are there they find out the School's plans. They also find Max's so called mother Marian Janssen. But later Jeb tells her that she is not really her true biological mother and that he was her real dad. She also finds out that Ari is her Half-Brother.

Characters edit see section history

  • Maximum Ride: The leader of the flock, Max is very headstrong and always doing her best to keep everything together.
  • Fang: Max's "right wing man"
  • Iggy: Iggy is blind and always sarcastic. Always knows where things are... if you don't move them without telling him.
  • Nudge: Nudge is very talkative and mature for her age.
  • The Gasman (Gazzy): The Gasman, nicknamed "Gazzy" is Angel's brother.
  • Jeb Batchelder: Jed is a whitecoat (scientist). He has double crossed the flock in the past and seems to now be involved in their planned destruction. Some surprises with Jeb.
  • Ari: Turns out to be Max's brother. Helps Max in escaping the School. Well built and an Eraser (half wolf, half human). Is hated by Fang. Ari has a little crush on Max.
  • Ter Borcht: Ter Borcht is a German scientist who helped in the making of the flock.
  • Ella Martinez: Max's half-sister, she is the daughter of Dr. Martinez.
  • Anne Walker: Evil mastermind who takes in the flock for about two months
  • Total: The flock's (mainly Angel's) small, black dog. Total can talk, and has other minor special ablities.
  • Keez: Keez reads Fang's blog and is part of the Ghosts Gang in L.A.
  • Marian Janssen: Max's so called "mother" because she helped create her, but is not her biological parent.
  • Dr. Martinez: She has a daughter named Ella. She is the true mother of Max. She also lives in Arizona.
  • Mike: Dude they frist met in NY, and fang, gazzy, and iggy, meet again in the west coast
  • He man: Ruler of the universe king of butter
  • Francis: Don't touch his mtn dew
  • Valencia Martinez: Add a description of this character.
  • Max
  • Mara
  • Holloway
  • Angel
  • Omega
  • Sam
  • Edda Engels
  • Max II
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “I vill now eat now Snickers bars, visout bahfing. . . . I VILL NOW DESTORY DA SNICKUHS BAHRS!”
    Gazzy imitating ter Borcht
  • “Their hopes and dreams aren't stupid.”
    Fang
  • “This is Venice Beach. Home of roller disco. I smell coconut oil. I hear high-pitched giggles. I know we must be surrounded by beach bunnies, and you're looking at a map!”
    Iggy
  • “I once ate nine Snickers bars in one sitting. Without barfing. That was a record!”
    Nudge
  • “I liked it better when you didn't talk. I mean, there's a reason people don't look under rocks, you know?”
    Max
  • “" Thats Chocolate!!! thats gonna stain for sure!!!"”
    Gazzy
  • “I stifled a response — had Madam Tussaurds taught them nothing? — and took off into the chilly night, kind of feeling like Harry Potter escaping from the Dursleys. Except in our our world, Dursleys were everywhere, were heavily funded, and had a strong scientific bent.”
  • “So, what did my no-good, ex-boyfriend, ex-best friend not do before he left me, possibly for good? He didn't delete his crap off my laptop, that's what he didn't do.”
    Max
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  • “I vill now destroy de Snickuhs bahrs!” Gazzy barked. Then the five of us were laughing—literally in the face of death.
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  • “Fang? Are you—like Max?” asked Dr. Martinez. “Nope,” he said, sounding bored. “I’m the smart one.”
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  • It made Stalin and Hitler look like kindergarten teachers. Okay, really evil kindergarten teachers, but still.
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  • “There is one bright side to this,” said Fang. “Yeah? What’s that?” The new and improved Erasers would mutilate us before they killed us? He grinned at me so unexpectedly I forgot to flap for a second and dropped several feet. “You looove me,” he crooned smugly. Holding his arms out wide, he added, “You love me this much.”
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  • I looked up. “What the heck are you doing?” “Helping you change your mind,” he whispered, and then he leaned over, tilted my chin up, and kissed me.
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  • Harry Potter escaping from the Dursleys. Except in our world, Dursleys were everywhere, were heavily funded, and had a strong scientific bent.
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  • Inside my head, almost drowned out by the roar of wind rushing by my ears, I heard the Voice make a tsking sound. You guys are crazy about each other, it said.
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  • “This is my…brother, Fang,” I muttered, stumbling over the word brother. Because he’d kissed me. And no southern jokes, please. Ick.
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  • “Fang, Fang, Fang,” I murmured, overwhelmed with emotion. “I love you. I love you sooo much.” I tried to hold out my arms to show how much, but I couldn’t move them. “Oh, jeez,” Fang said, sounding strangled.
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  • I was watching the figures like a hawk (get it? li’l’ flock humor for ya there),
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Organizations edit see section history

  • The flock: Self-named. Made up of Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, Angel, and Total.
  • Itex: The world wide company, maker of the flyboys, and the clone's etc.

First Sentence edit see section history

"We have meticulously crafted the skeleton of our new world," the Director proclaimed from the large TV screen in the conference room.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
To the reader

Prologue: No More Mistakes!
Itexicon American Headquarters

Part 1: In Search Of Hot Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Chapters 1-36

Part 2: School's In — Forever
Chapters 37-55

Part 3: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Chapters 56-87

Part 4: I Didn't Just Hear What I Thought I Heard, Did I?
Chapters 88-129

Epilogue: We Are The Champions — For The Moment, Anyway
Chapters 130-133

www.maximumride.com

Glossary edit see section history

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

  • trust: you should learn to trust people and not all people can have trust.
  • Hawks: - about visionary power and guardianship, the hawk is very protective of the young in its nest. It teaches us about providing for family and self. Hawk teaches us to be observant and to pay attention to what we may overlook. This could mean a talent we don't use, a blessing for which we haven't expressed gratitude, or a message from Life and events that take place. The hawk has keen eyesight, it is about opening our eyes and seeing that which is there to guide us.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 3 of 8 in Maximum Ride. (standard series)

Preceded by School's Out — Forever, and followed by The Final Warning.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. James Patterson (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Gabrielle Charbonnet

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0316155608
Page Count: 416

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PZ7.P27653 Mix 2007
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

Nothing really bad, young adults may also read. But ages from 9-12 would be suitable too if they do not learn some of the foul languages Max thinks instead of say... You don't really learn anything bad because Max also NEVER speaks bad language in front of the smaller ones... Just that there are some love and romance between Fang and Max, shared a few kisses, but it's alright. The length of the book is deceptive, because the chapters are short, leaving a lot of blank spaces on the pages.

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