Hardcover book in fair condition.

Discover the thrilling second installment in James Patterson’s Maximum Ride series: School’s Out—Forever — an action-packed, high-flying adventure full of danger, secrets, and teenage rebellion!

Picking up right after The Angel Experiment, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride (Max) and her “flock” — the genetically engineered kids with wings (Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and little Angel) — are still on the run from sinister forces hunting them down. After a brutal encounter leaves one of them badly hurt, they’re discovered by a seemingly kind FBI agent who offers them a chance at a “normal” life: enrolling in school for the first time. But “normal” is anything but — Max deals with bullies, crushes, suspicious adults, cryptic voice messages in her head about saving the world, and the shocking arrival of her greatest enemy yet: a genetically engineered clone of herself. Amidst classroom chaos, hidden threats, and the constant fear of Erasers closing in, Max must protect her family, uncover her destiny, and decide who she can really trust.

With Patterson’s signature fast-paced style, short chapters, nonstop suspense, humor, heart, and edge-of-your-seat twists, this book ramps up the stakes while exploring themes of identity, loyalty, family, and what it means to be “normal” when you’re anything but.