The Lake House
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| Author | James Patterson |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
| Released | 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 376 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0316603287 |
| Preceded by | When the Wind Blows |
The Lake House is a 2003 novel by James Patterson, a sequel to When the Wind Blows.
[edit] Plot introduction
The Lake House tells the story of six extraordinary children, endowed with the power to fly after genetic engineering merged their DNA with that of birds, and who have to fight for their lives against scientists who want to clone them, producing a race of human-bird creatures. They have the help of Frannie, a veterinarian, and Kit, a disgraced former FBI agent.
[edit] Characters
Maximum (Max) Is now twelve years old and is living a normal life, almost. She goes to school and is made fun of and mistreated. She constantly saves Matthew from bullies and is not used to her parents and their rules.
[edit] Pseudosequels
The Lake House was followed by the Maximum Ride series, which was a retooling of the plot aimed at teen readers instead an adult audience and focused more on the children than adults in their lives. The theme is similar, but the plots and tone of the two series diverge in that "The Lake House" and "When the Wind Blows" focused more on characterization, suspense, and the moral implications of genetic engineering, while the "Maximum Ride" series is more of a scifi action/adventure romp. "When the Wind Blows" and "The Lake House" are adult books and the "Maximum Ride" books are written for teens (although many adults do enjoy reading them.)
Although the names are different, as well as aspects of their back stories and behavior, the six children in the follow-up series have personalities that are directly analogous to the ones in When the Wind Blows and the Lake House.
