Maximum Ride, The Manga 3

Fresh off a brutal encounter with the Erasers in New York, the flock follows a lead on their origins to Washington, D.C. — and finds an actual home waiting, complete with school, homework, and the strange novelty of non-genetically-enhanced friends. Max, wary after a lifetime of learning not to trust strangers, keeps a careful eye on their new federal-agent guardian even as the rest of the flock settles into something like a normal childhood.

The peace doesn't last: the Erasers return, forcing the flock back on the run, while Max starts to grasp just how central she is to a larger destiny — one made harder by the sudden appearance of a newer, "improved" version of herself. Volume 3 of the Maximum Ride manga adapts James Patterson's bestselling series into the NaRae Lee-illustrated format.