Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 1 Library Binding Author: Visit Amazon's James Patterson Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0606144412 | Format: EPUB
Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 1 Library Binding Description
From School Library Journal
Grade 8 Up–Hiding out in the wilderness of Colorado, Max Ride, 14, and her ragtag family of mutant kids think they&'re safe from the clutches of &The School,& a secret government lab that has erased their memories and turned them into human/bird creations. When Angel, the youngest of them, is kidnapped by the &Erasers&–cruel half-man/half-wolf enforcers for &The School&–Max and several of the kids set off in search of her. Despite outwitting them in several instances, the Erasers are able to intercept them. But all is not as it seems when Max is released from her confinement only to be told the secret of her origin–that she was created to save the world. The story is based on Patterson&'s popular &Maximum Ride& series (Little, Brown), and Lee does a superb job of translating his text into attractive manga-style illustrations. Although the narrative is a bit slow at first, the action quickly picks up and is bound to keep readers turning the pages. Bridging the gap between contemporary YA fiction and manga/manhwa,
Maximum Ride is a fine first choice for sci-fi/thriller-heavy collections.
–Dave Inabnitt, Brooklyn Public Library, NYCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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From Booklist
Patterson’s fantasy-thriller series is readily adapted here into a manga format. This opening volume introduces a handful of avian DNA–enhanced youths whose communal freedom is threatened when one of them is kidnapped and held captive in an evil lab. Teenaged Max and her charges, who include slightly younger Fang, blind Iggy, and the little kids Gasman and Angel, leave behind a nearly idyllic retreat and go into a world where they are threatened by paramilitary beasts. They learn soaring techniques from birds of prey, find temporary comfort with a small family of “regular people,” and are imprisoned by the man whom they thought was their foster father. All this plotting is presented with boisterous and nicely stylized images that purposively exploit manga features, postures, and symbolism. Young manga fans will find this a fast read, and suspense readers may be engaged by the combination of visual and textual elements. The volume ends on a cliffhanger that will entice readers to seek the next in the series. Grades 7-10. --Francisca Goldsmith
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- Library Binding: 192 pages
- Publisher: Turtleback (January 6, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0606144412
- ISBN-13: 978-0606144414
- Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
The title of the review sounds worse than I mean it to, but in all honesty I thought since at our library we have a whole shelf dedicated to nothing but James Patterson books, I thought I was investing in a good read when I picked up Maximum Ride.
Now I know this is the manga form, but the manga follows the book in a very well drawn adaptation. After reading the manga I decided to pick up the actual book, because I felt that going into the manga, I was already supposed to know these characters and understand their relationships. The story just kinda throws you in the middle of things and you have to just go along with it. I felt like I was supposed to know and care about what happened to the eraser called Ari, but he just pops in the beginning of the story, we understand Max knew him as a child and the reason why he's suddenly a 6 foot something wolf-man isn't explained...for a few books. There's some things explained in the book that aren't in the manga, such as what happened to Iggy (which the manga never touches on) and the ages of the characters. Speaking on that, Max doesn't really come across as 14, Nudge doesn't seem 11, and Fang doesn't look a few months younger than Max, they could all, sans Angel and Gazzy, could pass for middle/late teenagers.
I was hoping that reading the book would feel a little more fluid but the manga stays true. The scenes are just as jumpy in the text as it is drawn, so if you feel like scenes were cut short, or it was nothing but action scene after action scene or things were coincidentally fixed or assisted with by side characters (ex. Ella and her mother), don't worry, the book's the same way. I will give a fair warning to those wanting to read the book anyway; it's in first person.
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