When the Wind Blows (1998) (edit title/settings)

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• Maximum (AKA Max): An escapee from a science lab (The School) with beautiful, silver wings. Max has some issues trusting Kit and Frannie at first, but quickly warms up to them.
• Matthew: Max's little brother.
• Kit Harrison (AKA Agent Brannan, Tom Brennan): He is an FBI agent who is supposed to be on vacation in Nantucket after a horrible tragedy killed his wife and his kids. He lives in the cabin in the woods behind the Inn-Patient. He has blonde hair.
• Dr. Frances O'Neill (AKA Frannie): A vet in a small rinky dink town that ends up getting involved in a escaped experiment.
• Ozymandias (AKA Oz): Oz is second born, the alpha male. He would be the leader of the flock if Max died, and Max is glad that he is there. He is not much younger than Max, and he appears to be, in some ways, stronger than her. He has brown hair and wings. He was named after Ozymandias, a powerful Egyptian king.
• Icarus (AKA Ic): Ic is a blind kid who Max rescues from the School. The flock communicates with him with chirps and whistles so that he doesn't get lost when he is flying. He has fine long ash-blonde hair. He is named after the Icarus from the Greek legend.
• Peter: Peter is Wendy's twin. They are four years old, and therefore classified as "the young ones" by Oz and Max. They are of Chinese descent, with black bowl-cut hair. They are in the 'high genius' IQ range.
• Wendy: Wendy is Peter's twin. She has white wings, tipped with blue. According to Max, she calls all older women "Mama". She was named after Wendy from Peter Pan.
• Harding Thomas (AKA Uncle Tom, Uncle Thomas): Works with the scientist. He pretends to be kind to Matthew and Max to try to find out information or lure them back to the School, but is cruel if they refuse to cooperate.
• Eve: She is Adam's sister. According to Max, their IQ is 'off the planet'.
• Adam: Adam is Eve's brother. He was adopted by Gillian, Frannie's best friend, who renamed him Michael. He has blonde hair. He was born in the same year as Peter and Wendy, 1994 and was their closest friend. He was named after Adam, the first man from the Bible.
• Gillian Puris: Frannie's best friend as well as Michael (and Eve's) mother, although it is uncertain as to whether they are biologically related or adopted.
• Dr. Anthony Peyser: He is the head of the School. Wanted in the FBI.
• David: Frannie's deceased husband, a geneticist

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• Boulder Community Hospital
• Colorado
• Denver
• Bear Bluff
• San Francisco, CA
• Boston
• Nantucket
• Massachusetts
• Wisconsin

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• Federal Bureau of Investigations: One of the main characters is an F.B.I. agent.

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Followed by The Lake House.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. James Patterson (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3566.A822 W44 1998
• Dewey: 813/.54 21

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Violence

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• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Authors, A-Z › ( P ) › Patterson, James
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Medical
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers