The Scorch TrialsBy James Dashner

By Holden Wilpula

Attention GetterA 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.

What do you think?

Are the creatures Good or Bad?

Tell us why?

What do you think the light bulbs are for?

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

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…

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

• 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

• 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?"

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.