“Wonderful action writing—fast-paced…but smart and well observed.”—Newsday
- Author: James Dashner
- Age Range: 12 and up
- Grade Level: 7 and up
- Lexile Measure: 770L (What's this?)
- Series: The Maze Runner Series (Book 1)
- Paperback: 375 pages
- Publisher: Delacorte Press; Reprint edition (August 24, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385737955
- ISBN-13: 978-0385737951
When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name. But he's not alone. He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade - a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone maze. Like Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they came to be there - or what's happened to the world outside. All they know is that every morning when the walls slide back, they will risk everything - even the Grievers, half-machine, half-animal horror that patrols its corridors, to find out.
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Literary Awards
Actors: Dylan O'Brien,
Kaya Scodelario,
Will Poulter
Director: Wes Ball
Rating: PG-13
Length: 118 Minutes
Review By: Marc Price
If you’re one
who thinks that the sudden free-for-all of young adult novels being turned into
movies is a scourge on theaters I doubt this review is going to change your
mind. The Maze Runner, as it
stands, follows all the same tropes that make these films so scrutinized. Yet
it also does just enough differently, and has enough pretty visuals, to make
itself stand out from the pack and be worth watching, at least until the third
act. But we’ll get to that part later.
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