Six winged kids. One stolen sister. The lab that made them wants them back.
Who drives the story
Fourteen, winged, and the leader whether she likes it or not. She rescues a girl named Ella, is shot in the shoulder, hears a Voice, and accidentally kills Ari, who is revealed to be her brother.
The six-year-old the whole story turns on. Abducted by Erasers, she is reunited with the Flock at the School, gathers information about their biological parents from the lab's computers, and adopts a genetically altered dog named Total.
A member of the Flock who leaves to rescue Angel. He and Nudge follow a lead to what might be Nudge's biological mother, but it turns out to be a trap set by Ari.
A member of the Flock. He and the Gasman booby-trap the mountain house with explosives, and during an Eraser attack they blow it up, escaping into the woods.
He stays behind with Iggy to guard the house, and they escape into the woods after blowing it up.
She follows a lead to what might be her biological mother, but it turns out to be a trap set by Ari.
The Eraser leader, physically appearing as an adult but only seven years old; he resents the Flock because his father, Jeb, chose them over him. Max accidentally kills him, and Jeb reveals Ari was her brother.
The scientist who freed the Flock, presumed dead, then found alive and working for the scientists who created them. Father to Ari.
Also in the story
Ella's mother, a veterinarian, treats Max's gunshot wound and discovers and removes a microchip implanted in Max's arm.
A small genetically altered dog Angel adopts at the Institute.
How they are connected
She rescues a girl named Ella, is shot in the shoulder, hears a Voice, and accidentally kills Ari, who is revealed to be her brother.
Abducted by Erasers, she is reunited with the Flock at the School, gathers information about their biological parents from the lab's computers, and adopts a genetically altered dog named Total.
A member of the Flock who leaves to rescue Angel.
He and Nudge follow a lead to what might be Nudge's biological mother, but it turns out to be a trap set by Ari.
He and Nudge follow a lead to what might be Nudge's biological mother, but it turns out to be a trap set by Ari.
He and the Gasman booby-trap the mountain house with explosives, and during an Eraser attack they blow it up, escaping into the woods.
She follows a lead to what might be her biological mother, but it turns out to be a trap set by Ari.
The Eraser leader, physically appearing as an adult but only seven years old; he resents the Flock because his father, Jeb, chose them over him.
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Family you build · The lab that owns you · Children forced to be adults · The enemy with a face
Themes explainedThe full story act by act, the ending explained and a quick quiz.
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