A Rare Event: Adults and Kids Agree Maximum Ride is #1!

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March 29, 2008

NEW YORK, March 27 /PRNewswire/ — It’s no secret that adults and kids rarely agree on what’s “good.” Each generation is consistently baffled by the next generation’s idea of what constitutes “entertainment.” And each generation is pre-programmed to buck what their parents say is “good for them.” Broccoli? No thanks, Mom. Grande peppermint mocha java frappuccino with extra whipped cream? Sign me up!
It’s a rare cultural phenomenon that manages to bring the wide worlds of adults and kids together — and those that do, make history. The Beatles, Spiderman, and American Idol are nation-wide cultural events beloved by millions, young and old. James Patterson’s Maximum Ride series joins the ranks this week as the latest installment, THE FINAL WARNING (March 17, 2008, Little, Brown and Company), becomes the #1 fiction book in the country — made possible by kids and adults alike.
THE FINAL WARNING is the first in the new James Patterson Pageturners collection of books written for readers from ages ten to a hundred and ten. And, word is out, adults and kids agree — James Patterson knows entertainment.
Literally hundreds of movie trailer-esque videos have been created by kids themselves and posted on YouTube. Click here to view them — Meanwhile, adults everywhere are sharing their excitement about Max on their blogs: “I just really like this series. Mostly because I like Max. I’m forty-seven and I want to be Max. How many teenagers must want to be Max?” — .
Even Hollywood is convinced. The Maximum Ride series is soon to be a major motion picture produced by Avi Arad (Spiderman and X-Men), and plans are in the works for a movie based on the next James Patterson Pageturners series, The Dangerous Days of Daniel X (coming July 21, 2008).
Patterson says, “As a father, I’m consistently surprised by my son Jack’s entertainment choices and though we agree on some things, we definitely don’t see eye-to-eye on others. When we went to see Spiderman, I was struck by the notion that a book could have a similar universal appeal, and that’s something I was striving for with Maximum Ride.”
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