Holden Book Review

1. The Scorch Trials
By James Dashner
By Holden Wilpula

2. Attention Getter
A misshapen arm hung over the edge, and its hand dangled a few inches
above the ground. On it were four disfigured fingers—stubs of sickly beige
flesh—none of them the same length. They wiggled and grasped for
something that wasn’t there, as if the creature inside was searching to get a
grip to pull itself out. The arm was covered with wrinkles and lumps, and
there was something completely strange right where what passed for an
elbow was located. A perfectly rounded protrusion or growth, maybe four
inches in diameter, glowing bright orange.
It looked like the thing had a light bulb glued to its arm.
The monster continued to emerge. A leg flopped out, its foot a fleshy mass,
four knobs of toes wriggling as much as its fingers. And on the knee,
another one of those impossible orange spheres of light, seemingly growing
right out of its skin.

3. What do you
think?
Are the creatures Good or
Bad?
Tell us why?
What do you think the light
bulbs are for?

4. Author
• James Dashner
• Science Fiction Writer
• Born 1972 in Georgia
• Maze Runner Series

5. Main Characters
• Thomas – Main Character / Leader / Runner
• Newt – 2nd in charge
• Minho – The Top Runner and Best Fighter
• Teresa – Only girl in group A
• Brenda – Crank (but not fully crazy) I’ll explain more later…

6. Setting
• Part 2 (Maze Runner)
• The future world. A lot of the Earth is burnt and there are bad
lightning storms.
• Dormitory at the beginning
• “The Scorch” – They are running across the land

7. • Teresa disappears
• Gladers open a locked door and find dangling dead bodies
then they find Aris hiding in the closet
• Gladers start noticing tattoos on them that say things like
“The Leader, The Glue, and Group B”
• Thomas starts having “Memory” dreams and communicating
mentally with Teresa

8. • Rat Man looked down at the messy stack of papers lying in the
open folder, picked up a loose piece of it, then turned it over,
barely glancing at its contents. He cleared his throat. "Phase
Two. The Scorch Trials. It officially begins tomorrow morning at
six o'clock. You'll enter this room, and in the wall behind me
you will find a Flat Trans. To your eyes the Flat Trans will
appear as a shimmering wall of gray. Each of you must step
through it by five minutes after the hour. So again, it opens at
six o'clock and closes five minutes after that. Do you
understand?"

9. Recommendation:
YES – I recommend this book.
I think people who liked The Maze Runner would like this one
better because it has more action.
It also explained a lot of things from the first book, The Maze
Runner.