The book Maximum Ride:The Angel Experiment is the first installment in the page-turner Maximum Ride series. James Patterson does an exellent job in this series. 14 year old Max is the leader of a group of human/avian(bird) hybrids. They are on the run from the horrible School, the facility that turned them into who they are now. The School is using human/lupine(wolf) hybrids called Erasers. From a cosy wooden cabin in the woods, to a cave inhabited by hawks, Maximum Ride and her flock spread their wings and fly away. As Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy(a.k.a Gasman), and Angel would say 'up and away!'