The Angel Experiment
- 432
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Angel Experiment” runs on an inventive premise: winged children fleeing the scientists who made them. The first Maximum Ride novel moves fast enough to keep readers going, and some are hooked by the idea of flight itself; others find the Flock, narrator included, likeable but only sketched, especially in the first half. An easy adventure for younger teens, with eight further volumes behind it.
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About the book
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment is the first book in the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson. The book was released in the US on April 11, 2005, and in the UK on July 4, 2005. The story follows the Flock, a group of human-avian hybrids on the run from the scientists who created them.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.3 across 341 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 70% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 27 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 7.3 | 314 | 92% |
Frequently asked
What age is The Angel Experiment for?
The Angel Experiment 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 432 pages — longer than 50% of the ranked books in Young adult.
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