Scorch Trials: Book 2 in the Maze Runner Series

Reviewed by: Christine Bulsa-O'Meara - Buxton Center Elementary, Buxton, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 13, 2015

Review

Thomas and the Gladers, having solved the Maze, plan on returning to their lives, but instead find the earth a wasteland with Cranks roaming the desert in search of their next meal and they are faced with the challenge of crossing the Scorch in two weeks in order to arrive at a safe haven.

With the same intensity as The Hunger Games, readers will be drawn into this survival story. The writing is tight and riveting, readers will not want to put the book down. While targeted to a YA audience strong readers as low as 5th grade will gravitate to this novel.

Overall Book Score: excellent