I read Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel by James Patterson. For most of this book, only the main characters are involved. However, there is a group of minor characters that are very important. This is the Gen77 kids. This makes more sense if you read the book, but I will do my best to describe it briefly. So, the main idea of the Maximum Ride novels is that there is a group of six kids that are genetically altered with bird DNA to have wings. Max, the leader of their “Flock”, has a mission that most would think is too much to ask of a fifteen year old, and that is to save the world. In this novel, a large part of her mission comes is to overcome the Gen77 kids. The Gen77 kids are also genetically enhanced. They are trying to save the world also, but they are trying to go about it by killing all of the humans. They brainwashed the humans to agree with whatever they tell them, so they become supporters of their cause. This is why, even though the Gen77 kids were only mentioned in one or two chapters max, they are very important to the novel. Without them, Max and the others would not have had to save thousands of people in Paris from explosives set off under the sewer system. They make the story, yet most people would not remember them a couple months after reading this book.