The Prey

Reviewed by: Kristin Taylor - Biddeford High School, Biddeford, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: July 7, 2015

Review

If you are a fan the "5th Wave", "Hunger Games" and the "Maze Runner" than you would enjoy this book. "The Prey" seems to pull ideas from all three and blend them well into a very action packed and easy to read and follow book. The reader is lead into stories of torture, survival, perseverance and in the end the ultimate friendships. The plot is well developed and the reader learns a lot along the way of the characters as the plot thickens. Geared more for grades 7 and up. This is the first in a trilogy.

All survivors are separated into various settlement camps in the Republic of True America where martial law has been instituted. The LTs or Less Thans is the camp that is the home to teenage boys. These LTs are lead to believe that they are being groomed to be Lieutenants when really they are boys that are feared by society because they have abnormalities, like dark skin or birth defects such as a limp. Several boys from this camp manage to escape. In their escape, the boys help girls from another settlement that experiments with twins, similar to ones done during the Holocaust, escape and from there on it is a for fight their lives.

Overall Book Score: very good