"This is the last one" they said when they sent up the first girl to ever be in the maze. Will they make it out???? The book that I recently read is called The Maze Runner by James Dashner. It is the first book in a series and was published in 2009. The book is written for a young adult audience and contains dystopian and science fiction elements. The book was super intense book with a lot of action and challenges to escape the deadly maze. Overall, I rate this book a 9 1/2 out of 10. In the book, The Maze Runner, the glade known as the middle of the maze is run by 2 of the main characters, Ably the leader and Newt the second person in charge. One day, a boy named Thomas was sent up into the maze not remembering anything at all, except for his name. Thomas was just a boy, but he was different than all the other boys in the maze. He was smarter he remembered things that they didn't. Thomas was also a good leader to the group. Since Thomas was super athletic and brave, he became one of the maze runners. A few days after Thomas' arrival into the maze, a girl named Teresa came to the maze, and she was the first girl ever there. She arrived with a note stating this is the last one. After a couple of days running the maze, Thomas noticed a pattern with the changes in the maze. Also, he thought he might have found a possible way to use this pattern to get out of the maze. In the book, one of my favorite parts was the layout of the maze. Most of the glade was a flat open field and a small portion of it was a forest. In the maze, there were scary obstacles and tough deadly things like traps that could kill people as well as the grievers. Another one of my favorite parts was when the doors were about to close one night. Thomas ran through and had to survive the entire night in the maze. This was really action packed and kept me interested. The novel reminded me of the movie the Hunger Games, because they had to survive a tough world and many different things could kill them. For example, a scientist in the book who controls the maze tries to attack the children in the maze. This is similar to when they shot fireballs at the main character Katniss and tried to hurt her in the hunger games. In addition, in the Maze Runner, the scientist intentionally left the doors open. He was trying to hurt the people of the maze by a letting in the Grievers. So, the book and movie both had some of the same elements. I have read other books like this and this was defiantly one of my favorite books out of all of them. I highly recommend this book to people who read the book the Hunger Games or divergent and if you like books that are dystopian.
The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, Book One)
By James Dashner
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 9 - 12 | Grades 3 - 8 | X | 5.3 | 101182 |
Book one in the blockbuster Maze Runner series that spawned a movie franchise and ushered in a worldwide phenomenon! And don’t miss The Fever Code, the highly-anticipated series conclusion that finally reveals the story of how the maze was built!
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.
Outside the towering stone walls that surround them is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive.
Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying: Remember. Survive. Run.
The Maze Runner and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials are now major motion pictures featuring the star of MTV's Teen Wolf, Dylan O’Brien; Kaya Scodelario; Aml Ameen; Will Poulter; and Thomas Brodie-Sangster. The third movie, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, will hit screens in 2018.
Also look for James Dashner’s edge-of-your-seat MORTALITY DOCTRINE series!
Praise for the Maze Runner series:
A #1 New York Times Bestselling Series
A USA Today Bestseller
A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of the Year
An ALA-YASLA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book
An ALA-YALSA Quick Pick
“[A] mysterious survival saga that passionate fans describe as a fusion of Lord of the Flies, The Hunger Games, and Lost.” —EW.com
“Wonderful action writing—fast-paced…but smart and well observed.” —Newsday
“[A] nail-biting must-read.” —Seventeen.com
“Breathless, cinematic action.” —Publishers Weekly
“Heart pounding to the very last moment.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Exclamation-worthy.” —Romantic Times
“James Dashner’s illuminating prequel [The Kill Order] will thrill fans of this Maze Runner [series] and prove just as exciting for readers new to the series.” —Shelf Awareness, Starred
“Take a deep breath before you start any James Dashner book.” —Deseret News
Book Reviews (466)
Maze Runner one of the best books I have ever read!!! The book that I read was Maze Runner by James Dashner. The genre is science fiction. My opinion on the book was that, it was one of the best books that I have read, 9/10 rating. The book was about a kid named Thomas and he was put inside of a giant maze. In the maze was a spot called the glade where all of the kids live. While he was in it he met a bunch of people. The most important kids were, Mihno, Gally, Alby, and newt. The plot is, the kids are exploring the maze trying to find a way out. But, they find something very suspicious about the maze. Also something very bad happens to the glade that changes the whole story. Just like other books of James Dashner this one was very interesting and fun. Overall I really liked this book. The type of person that I think would like this is someone who likes to read adventure and science fiction books.
I read the Maze Runner, by James Dasher. I really like action and sci-fi books, and this book matches my description of action. The story begins when Thomas and these other boys who got sent into a maze, as an experiment, and they don't remember anything except their names. After Thomas arrives, the first girl does too. This creates suspense in the beginning, leaving the boys and Teresa to figure things out while fighting for survival. They try to get out from the maze, but the maze changes everyday, so it is hard for the runners (the boys who have the job of trying to solve the maze by running in it all day) to find the way to get out. Inside the maze, they face a lot of dangerous situations, but Thomas stays calm and level headed, he solves a lot of the problems. At the end, Thomas and his friends finally leave the maze. This story is very stimulated and it also teaches us that when we face a problem, we have to calm down and think how we can solve the problem. Maze Runner is very similar to the Hunger Games or Divergent, they are all very exciting and awesome books. Overall I really liked this book and would rate it 4/5. Someone who likes the dystopian genre, action, suspense, a bit of violence, and mystery would really like this book.
This book is one of my favorites!!
![Cute16swim](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 12 12"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Love this book!!!!!!!
GREAT JUST READ IT
This is a brilliant book. I loved it. it was impossible to put down The Maze Runner once I start reading it.
I think this book can teach you be thankful of what you have and be careful of the things surround you maybe you will get in danger because this talk about Thomas got into the maze by the people that is doing the experiment with him he was doing it but then someone get him in trouble but he uses his memory and brain to get out of the difficult situation that he was in.He risk his life and helped lot of people but the situation get worse but they still make it out of the maze.
The Maze Runner, first this book is talking about a boy just woke up in a elevator. The elevator goes up until the top, when he got up of a elevator, he was in a glade with other boys. He can't remember anything before. The leader in the glade is called "Alby", he is the first person that live in the glade by himself for a month. After a few days, the boy remember that his name is called "Thomas". He has a idea, he wants to escape from the glade and he wants to see what is view outside of the glade. In the beginning, some people don't really want to so they don't want to follow Thomas. After 1 month ago, the new person come up again, it's a girl and a letter said she was the last one. After few months, the monster attack the glade and some people get killed. Finally, the people agree Thomas idea and try to escape from the glade.
The Maze Runner, by James Dashner, This is a book about a boy name Thomas. When wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade. In this book, Thomas and the other people is thinking of a way out of the maze and scary creatures and monsters tries to stop them. I recommend this book for you if you like to read this kind of mysterious novel.