Friday, January 21, 2011

The Scorch Trails


This book The Scorch Trials, written by James Dashner, is an AMAZING book. I have never read anything like it before. It is about a bunch of boys who think that they have escaped WICKED and their evil trials. However, before they know it they are wrapped up in another trick. The maze was only the begining! I would venture to say that this book might have even been better than The Maze Runner!
The 20 boys who made it out of the maze are ever so greatful to the people who rescue them from WICKED, as soon as they got out of the maze. However, this is just WICKED playing another nasty game on them. Soon after they are rescued a man from WICKED appears and tells them what they are to do next. They have to go through a part of the world called the Scorch. This area in the world was burnt by sun flares, and everyone who lives there has a nasty disease called the Flare. From where they are dropped off in the Scorch they must go 100 miles north to reach the 'safe haven'. They have two weeks to get there and if they get there on time they will be saved. All that the remaining gladers want, is to make it to the end to be safe!! However, that doesn't come easy. There are so many things like crazy people, storms, hunger, illnesses, injuries, and many other things that they must go through. Lets just say that the safe haven will be a pure luxury for those left. So, they go through all those things best they can, helping others in the group, whatever it takes!! Oh ya and another thing, you remember Teresa from the first book? Well, she disappears and the gladers don't know where she went. Only enough though for her to return and turn on them all!
Truely probably my favorite book EVER!! This book made me scarred, mad, happy, and sometimes sad!! I loved how James Dashner wrote this book, with so much suspense. I never knew what was going to happen next. If I thought that I did know, it would go in a totally different direction. In the Maze runner I didn't like how some parts weren't explained very well. I this book though he explained everything incredibly and with so much detail. I didn't like, no make that I hated how it ended. There were so many loose ends that didn't end. There HAS to be a sequel to this book. I also didn't like some of the decisions Thomas made throughout the book. For instence, you will just have to read it to find out. Everybody MUST read this book and The Maze Runner!! So I would definetly reccomend this book to people. I don't think that kids under 11 should read it though!

* Thanks Mrs. Henry, and Taylor for talking me into reading this book. *

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