Title: The Scorch Trials Author: James Dashner Series: The Maze Runner (book 2) Publisher: Chicken House Ltd Release Date: 5 Jun. 2014 ISBN: 9781909489417 Synopsis Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. No more puzzles. And no more running. Thomas was sure that escaping meant he would get his life back. But no one knew what sort of a life they were going back to... Burned and baked, the earth is a wasteland, its people driven mad by an infection known as the Flare. Instead of freedom, Thomas must face another trial. He must cross the Scorch to once again save himself and his friends. My Review I enjoyed Maze Runner overall but had a few reservations, but I was intrigued to find out more so started to read Scorch Trials. The Gladers are out of the maze, but it's not the comforting end they hoped for, instead the experiments continue, but on a much larger and more dangerous scale. Thomas and his friends must once more band together to try and overcome all the trials an...
I have to admit something kind of embarrassing here....until this year I'd never read The Giver . This book came out when I was 13, and by then I'd skipped what little YA there was and was onto adult novels like Jurassic Park . Since the movie is coming out, and because I needed to fill this gaping hole in my reading repertoire I decided that I would check The Giver out from the library and give it a go. For those of you that don't know, The Giver takes place in what appears to be a utopic society. There is no war, no famine, no pain, and everyone is the same. At 12 everyone receives their position/job for the society. The main character of the novel, Jonas, is chosen as the next 'Reciever of Memory'. This is a special position which allows the person in it to live outside the rules of the regular society. This person is allowed to ask questions, and even allowed to lie (something that is forbidden to anyone else). The current 'Receiver ...
