The Maze Runner
A memory-wiped teen joins a boy-run refuge beside a deadly changing maze, where survival depends on solving its secret.
First published 2009 · The Maze Runner
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Story
Thomas wakes with no memory except his name and finds himself in a strange enclosed community of boys called the Glade. The boys have built a working life there, but their world is defined by the maze outside the walls and by the rules needed to survive it.
As Thomas tries to learn what happened to him and why everyone is so secretive, the maze grows more dangerous and strange. A new arrival disrupts the fragile balance, and Thomas becomes tied to the effort to understand the maze and escape it.
The story follows the group as they face attacks, shifting rules, and new revelations about their situation. The narrative builds toward bigger answers and a major change in what the boys think they know about the maze and themselves.
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Details
- Authors
- James Dashner
- First published
- 2009
- Genres
- Young Adult, Dystopia, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Mystery, Post Apocalyptic, Teen
- Subjects
- Fiction · Science fiction · Amnesia · Cooperativeness · Labyrinths · Juvenile Fiction · Children's fiction · Amnesia, fiction · Mazes · Escapes · Dystopian · Young Adult Fiction · Social Themes · Visionary & Metaphysical · Boys & Men · Dystopias · Friendship · Reading Level-Grade 7 · Reading Level-Grade 9 · Reading Level-Grade 8 · Reading Level-Grade 11 · Reading Level-Grade 10 · Reading Level-Grade 12 · nyt:paperback-books=2010-09-12 · New York Times bestseller · Amnesiacs · Maze puzzles · Cooperation · Memory · Survival
- ISBN-13
- 9780385737944
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