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基本信息·出版社：Warner Books
·页码：464 页
·出版日期：2006年03月
·ISBN：0446617792
·条形码：9780446617796
·版本：2006-03-01
·装帧：简装
·开本：32开 Pages Per Sheet
·外文书名：骑士
内容简介 Book DescriptionFrom Death Valley, California, to the bowels of the New York City subway system, 14-year-old Max leads her feisty "family" on a journey of action, adventure, and soul-seeking in this #1 "New York Times" bestselling series debut.
Book Dimension length: (cm)17.1 width:(cm)10.7
作者简介 James Patterson is a master of suspense and author of many books including 4th of July, Honeymoon, and the Alex Cross series of thrillers. With more than 100 million copies of his books in print, he is one of the top-selling writers of all time. He lives in New York and Florida.
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From Publishers Weekly Themes from Patterson''s popular adult titles
When the Wind Blows and
The Lake House waft through this YA thriller, the author''s first in the genre. Wood stars as Maximum Ride, 14-year-old leader of a band of kids who have escaped the lab where they were bred as 98% human and 2% bird (wings being a key component) and developed a variety of other-worldly talents. In Patterson''s unusual universe, Max and her young cohorts are soon forced to rescue one of their own—a girl named Angel—from a pack of mutant wolf-humans called Erasers. Wood nails Patterson''s often adult-beyond-their-years dialogue with a jaded tone. But the result of this pairing makes Max sound more off-putting than cool or intriguing. The listening experience is stalled in the starting gate, keeping the action-adventure earthbound rather than high-flying. Ages 12-up.
(Apr.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
--This text refers to the Audio CD edition. From School Library Journal Grade 7 Up–A group of genetically enhanced kids who can fly and have other unique talents are on the run from part-human, part-wolf predators called Erasers in this exciting SF thriller that''s not wholly original but is still a compelling read. Max, 14, and her adopted family–Fang and Iggy, both 13, Nudge, 11, Gazzy, 8, and Angel, 6–were all created as experiments in a lab called the School. Jeb, a sympathetic scientist, helped them escape and, since then, they''ve been living on their own. The Erasers have orders to kill them so the world will never find out they exist. Max''s old childhood friend, Ari, now an Eraser leader, tracks them down, kidnaps Angel, and transports her back to the School to live like a lab rat again. The youngsters are forced to use their special talents to rescue her as they attempt to learn about their pasts and their destinies. The novel ends with the promise that this journey will continue in the sequel. As with Patterson''s adult mystery thrillers, in-depth characterization is secondary to the fast-moving plot. The narrative alternates between Max''s first-person point-of-view and that of the others in the third person, but readers don''t get to know Max very well. The only major flaw is that the children sound like adults most of the time. This novel is reminiscent of David Lubar''s
Hidden Talents (Tor, 1999) and Ann Halam''s
Dr. Franklin''s Island (Random, 2002).
–Sharon Rawlins, Piscataway Public Library, NJ Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From AudioFile James Patterson''s facile writing and Evan Rachel Wood''s expressive, wide-eyed reading make this entrée for the teen audience a remarkable success. A group of bird-kids, genetically altered with avian DNA, and led by Max, have escaped from the experimental "school" and must survive the perils of other mutants as they save the youngest member of their flock. Wood has all the slang and colloquial pacing down pat. Teens will love the chaotic chases and frantic action--Wood in Max''s first-person narrative has the aura of a comic book superhero. The abridgment is smartly done, and Wood keeps listeners'' attention. R.F.W. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine--
Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition. From Booklist Gr. 7---9. Patterson, best known for his dark, gritty thrillers featuring psychologist Alex Cross, first dipped his toes in the waters of children''s literature with
SantaKid (2004). Aiming at an older youth readership this time and reworking ideas and characters that appeared first in his adult novels
When the Wind Blows (1998) and
The Lake House (2003), he delivers an action-packed cross between Gertrude Chandler Warner''s
Boxcar Children and Marvel Comics'' X-Men. Fourteen-year-old Max (short for Maximum Ride) leads an usual group of children, escapees from an institution that designed them by "grafting avian DNA onto human genes." Yup, these kids have wings. When Angel, the smallest of the group, is kidnapped by mutants and taken back to the "school," Max and her family determine to get her back--no matter what. Patterson occasionally forgets his audience here, as evidenced by his sardonic tone and such glib adult asides as "they found their prey:
moi," but he''s picked a comfortable formula (orphans protecting one another and making a home together), which he''s cushioned with an abundance of slavering beasts, childhood heartaches, and unresolved issues--all in preparation for the sequel in 2006, in which Max will, presumably, assume the role she''s been assigned here: savior of the world. Expect the Patterson name to attract a crossover audience of both adults and youth.
Stephanie ZvirinCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
