#128 in Adventure
School's Out Forever
- 414
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“School’s Out Forever” puts the winged runaways of “Maximum Ride” into an ordinary school, and the second book gets real comedy out of it. Some readers enjoy the teenage jealousies alongside the chase, and others who were lukewarm about the first volume say the writing has improved. Some find the story merely strange, and neither as frightening nor as funny as they had hoped.
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About the book
Maximum Ride: School's Out—Forever is the second book in the sci-fi action-adventure series Maximum Ride by James Patterson, published by Little, Brown. The book was released in the US and the UK on May 23, 2006. The series centers on the Flock, a group of six super-powered human-avian hybrids on the run from the scientists who created them.
Reading order · Maximum Ride
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 183 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 55% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Adventure average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 10 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 173 | 95% |
Frequently asked
What age is School's Out Forever for?
School's Out Forever sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 414 pages — shorter than 58% of the ranked books in Adventure.
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