Maximum Ride

Six children aren't your average kids: Max (14 years old), Fang (14), Iggy (14), Nudge (11), Gazzy (8), and Angel (6). They're special hybrid-humans with 2% avian DNA infused into them. They escaped the lab known as "The School" with the help of their caretaker, Jeb Batchleder, and have been living cloistered and unsupervised in an isolated mountain retreat ever since. When Erasers (School guards with 2% wolf DNA infused into them) nab Angel, the flock takes wing on a desperate flight to get her back, eventually learning some stunning secrets.