PAPERBACK MID SIZE SOFT COVER EDITION. CREASES TO SPINE AND SLIGHT FOXING DUE TO AGE-WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE ON POSTAGE WHERE POSSIBLE-soft cover.isbn 9780755321940.pages468.headline 2006.Maximum Ride is a series of young adult science fantasy novels by the author James Patterson. The series centers on the adventures of Maximum "Max" Ride and her family, called the Flock, who are winged human-avian hybrids created at a lab called The School.