James Patterson - Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel

James Patterson was selected by teens across America as the Childrens Choice Book Awards Author of the Year in 2010. He is the internationally bestselling author of the highly praised Maximum Ride novels, the Witch & Wizard series, Med Head, Suzannes Diary for Nicholas, and the detective series featuring Alex Cross and the Womens Murder Club. His books have sold more than 205 million copies worldwide, making him one of the bestselling authors of all time. He lives in Florida.

For previews of forthcoming James Patterson books and for more information about the author, go to www.JamesPatterson.com.

Witch & Wizard (with Gabrielle Charbonnet)

The Gift (with Ned Rust)

The Angel Experiment

Schools OutForever

Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

The Final Warning

MAX

FANG

ANGEL

The Dangerous Days of Daniel X (with Michael Ledwidge)

Watch the Skies (with Ned Rust)

Demons and Druids (with Adam Sadler)

Daniel X: Alien Hunter (graphic novel; with Leopoldo Gout)

Daniel X: The Manga, Vol. 1 (with SeungHui Kye)

Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 1 (with NaRae Lee)

Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 2 (with NaRae Lee)

Maximum Ride: The Manga, Vol. 3 (with NaRae Lee)

For previews of upcoming books in these series and other information, visit www.WitchAndWizard.com, www.MaximumRide.com, and www.Daniel-X.com.

For more information about the author, visit www.JamesPatterson.com.

In the Maximum Ride Battle of the Schools, schools around the country competed to be crowned the biggest fan of the Maximum Ride series. Congratulations to the following top-ranking schools:

Alton Middle School, Alton, Illinois

Amy Biehl High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Berrien Springs Middle School, Berrien Springs, Michigan

Bolivar Middle School, Bolivar, Missouri

Bondy Intermediate, Pasadena, Texas

Brownsville Elementary, Bremerton, Washington

Buffalo Island Central West Elementary, Monette, Arkansas

Cabot School, Cabot, Vermont

Caprock Elementary School, Keller, Texas

Carmel Middle School, Carmel, California

Central Tech, Erie, Pennsylvania

Centralia High School, Centralia, Missouri

Chain of Lakes Middle School, Orlando, Florida

Challenger High School, Hickory, North Carolina

Chester County High School, Henderson, Tennesee

Chicopee High School, Chicopee, Massachusetts

Clayton Valley High School, Concord, California

Cook Secondary School, Cook, Minnesota

Crone Middle School, Naperville, Illinois

Dalton Middle School, Dalton, Georgia

Decatur Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana

Desert Mountain School, Phoenix, Arizona

Dundee Central School, Dundee, New York

East Middle School, Traverse City, Michigan

Edgewood Middle School, Mounds View, Minnesota

Explorer Middle School, Everett, Washington

Fall Creek Intermediate, Fishers, Indiana

Fern Creek Traditional High School, Louisville, Kentucky

Fort King Middle School, Ocala, Florida

Glen Alpine Elementary, Morganton, North Carolina

Goldie Maple Academy, Queens, New York

Great Neck Middle School, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Greenback School, Greenback, Tennessee

Hillcrest Christian School, Granada Hills, California

Holly Ridge Middle School, Holly Springs, North Carolina

Holy Angels, Arcadia, California

Holy Nativity Episcopal School, Panama City, Florida

Immaculate Conception School, Columbia, Illinois

Infant of Prague, Jacksonville, North Carolina

J. R. Gerritts Middle School, Kimberly, Wisconsin

James A. Arthur Intermediate School, Kennedale, Texas

Janet Berry Elementary School, Appleton, Wisconsin

Lake Alfred-Addair Middle School, Lake Alfred, Florida

Lexington Junior High School, Cypress, California

Long Meadow Elementary School, Middlebury, Connecticut

Madrid Middle School, El Monte, California

Mariner High School, Cape Coral, Florida

Marysville Getchell High School, Marysville, Washington

Mesa Ridge High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Mid-Carolina Middle School, Prosperity, South Carolina

Montrose Area Jr./Sr. High School, Montrose, Pennsylvania

Morse High School, Bath, Maine

Nagel Middle School, Cincinnati, Ohio

New Prague Middle School, New Prague, Minnesota

Nixa Junior High School, Nixa, Missouri

North Middle School, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Northwood Middle School, Spokane, Washington

Notre Dame Academy, Duluth, Georgia

Otsego High School, Otsego, Michigan

Oxford High School, Oxford, Connecticut

Philomath High School, Philomath, Oregon

Pinehurst Elementary School, Lakeview, New York

Reavis High School, Burbank, Illinois

River Bend Middle School, Sterling, Virginia

River Trail Middle School, Johns Creek, Georgia

Riverside High School, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

Rochester Area High School, Rochester, Pennsylvania

Saghalie Middle School, Federal Way, Washington

Sierra Vista Middle School, Irvine, California

Slavens K8, Denver, Colorado

South Charlotte Middle School, Charlotte, North Carolina

Sr. Goldenhill ALC, Rochester, Minnesota

St. Gregory Nazianzen, Los Angeles, California

Starkville High School, Starkville, Mississippi

Steamboat Springs High School, Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Stroudsburg Middle School, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

Sumner High School, Sumner, Washington

The Academy of Our Lady, Marrero, Louisiana

United High School, Laredo, Texas

W. L. Chenery Middle School, Belmont, Massachusetts

Waukegan High School, Waukegan, Illinois

West Brook Middle School, Paramus, New Jersey

Wichita High School East, Wichita, Kansas

Yorkville Elementary School, Union Grove, Wisconsin

Visit www.MaximumRide.com for information about future contests.

I KNOW HELL come for me. He has to come for me. Fang wouldnt let me die here.

Id been in the cage for days. I couldnt remember eating. I couldnt remember sleeping. I was disoriented from all the tests and the needles and the acrid disinfectant smell that had permeated my entire childhood growing up in a lab, as an experiment. And here I was again, disoriented but still capable of a blinding rage.

Fang hadnt come for me. I would have to save myself this time.

You! Get back! The lab assistants wooden billy club smashed against the door of the Great Danesized dog crate I was being held in every time I peered out through the front. With each strike, the doors hinges sustained more damage. Right according to plan.