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| - A young adult series, written by James Patterson, about evil adults trying to kill Totally Radical teenage bird kids on the run from the man. Loosely inspired by his adult books The Lake House and When The Wind Blows, though the series are unrelated. It's Better Than It Sounds, at least for the first three books. The series is divided into two parts: The Fugitives (books 1-3) and The Protectors (books 4 and up). The series also takes Xanatos Roulette to the extreme, hinting that the kids are actually working for the bad guys who are really good guys secretly working for the . . . well, it becomes so nonsensical that there's no way the author could ever explain it without using the whole "It was just a simulation" cliche, which he seems to be surely working his way towards. The latest books have turned what once was a sci-fi/fantasy with werewolves and Angelic bird kids trying to survive on their own because adults are either useless or evil, into a green-peace, stop polluting, global warming sucks, save the earth with love and happiness adventure that has the kids going from Werewolf fighting to saving penguins in the Antarctic in five seconds flat. Recently, a cult appeared in ANGEL. They want to kill all the humans. And give love and caring. There is also an OEL Manga made by NaRae Lee, which follows the plot from the start of the first book.
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