The popular James Patterson series has made it's way to Manga with the help of co-author NaRae Lee. (For the non-illustrated books' reading info check here.)
What we like is that these volumes are at an easier reading level than the original: AR 2s versus AR 4s and 5s. This greatly broadens the potential audience as younger readers and those not reading at grade level can join in the fun.
Oddly, not title for these, just numbers.
What we like is that these volumes are at an easier reading level than the original: AR 2s versus AR 4s and 5s. This greatly broadens the potential audience as younger readers and those not reading at grade level can join in the fun.
Oddly, not title for these, just numbers.
Volume #1978-0-7595-2951-9
14 year-old Maximum Ride knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of her "flock" - Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel - are just like ordinary kids, except they have wings and can fly! It may seem like a dream come true to some, but for the flock it's more like a living nightmare. Especially when the mysterious lab known as the "School" turns up and kidnaps their youngest member. The flock attempts a rescue, but can they do it?
Word Count: 5,894
Page Count: 256
Accelerated Reading level: 2.2 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 128240
Volume #2 978-0-329-48792-8
Having recovered Angel, Max and the flock head to New York City to pursue a lead regarding their true identities. But where the flock goes, erasers are sure to follow! Even more troubling, though, is the voice that's begun whispering in Max's head. Is it really her destiny to save the world?
Word Count: 6,714
Page Count: 256
Accelerated Reading level: 2.1 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 136225
Volume #3978-0-7595-2969-4
Having escaped the Erasers in New York City, the flock heads to Washington, D.C., to learn more about themselves. After they are offered sanctuary by an FBI agent, they try living normal lives. The
Word Count: 6,507
Page Count: 240
Accelerated Reading level: 2.3 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 141671
Volume #4978-0-7595-2970-0
The flock members try to live normal lives by going to school and making friends while they search for their parents, but when the Erasers return, the group must escape again and Max finds that her destiny is to save the world.
Word Count: 6,360
Page Count: 224
Accelerated Reading level: 2.5 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 148122
Lexile: HL390L
Volume #5978-0-7595-2971-7
Max and her winged friends must face the ultimate enemy and stop a plot to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race that will terminate the rest of humankind.
Word Count: 6777
Page Count: 240
Accelerated Reading level: 2.6/ points: 1.0
AR quiz: 151603
Volume #6978-0759529724
The time has come 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 scientifically superior master race...and to terminate the rest. Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel have always worked together to defeat the forces working against them-but can they save the world when they are torn apart, living in hiding and captivity, halfway across the globe from one another?
Word Count: 9,920
Accelerated Reading level: 2.9 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 158412
compiled by Pam TWord Count: 9,920
Accelerated Reading level: 2.9 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 158412
updated August 2013
