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The Scorch Trials

  • 384 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 2010
  • 13 editions

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1 About this book

Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn’t done yet. Phase Two has just begun. The Scorch. The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch—the most burned-out section of the world. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them. There are others now. Their survival depends on the Gladers’ destruction—and they’re determined to survive.

Friendships will be tested. Loyalties will be broken.

All bets are off.

Good for readers who want: science fiction, dystopian fiction, and a survival story.

  • Science fiction
  • Survival
  • Mutation (Biology)
  • Science
  • Survival skills
  • Dystopian fiction
  • Experiments
  • Telepathy

2 About James Dashner

Born 1972

James Smith Dashner (born November 26, 1972) is an American writer known for speculative fiction. Many of his books are primarily aimed at children or young adults. He is best known for The Maze Runner series and the young adult fantasy series The 13th Reality. His 2008 novel The Journal of Curious Letters, the first in the series, was one of the annual Borders Original Voices picks.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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