I recently read the book Trapped by Michael Northrup. I liked this book because of the connections I can make with the characters. It’s about Scotty Weems and 6 other kids that are snowed in at their school. They all are waiting for their rides when a horrible blizzard sweeps New England. They’re not scared at first but as the hours pass and the snow gets higher they all are wondering when the snow will stop and when they’ll be rescued. Will the live or perish in the sheer cold, you’ll have to read to find out!!!! My favorite quote from the book is “School, practice, homework, whatever. Excuse me for not watching the stupid Weather Channel”, I like this quote because my friends always wonder why I don’t watch the news. The appropriate reading age is young adult. The Booklist says “It’s a setup just plausible enough to give you chills. A nor’easter, which will ultimately be known as the worst blizzard in U.S. history, sweeps into a rural New England community, trapping seven kids inside their high school for days. Northrop begins with some dark foreshadowing—“Not all of us made it”—which makes the students’ gradual realization of their predicament all the more frightening. First the snow piles up past the windows; then the water pipes freeze; then the roof starts making ominous noises. What begins as a sort of life-or-death The Breakfast Club (there’s the delinquent, the pretty girl, the athlete, and so on) quickly turns into a battle for survival. The book is too short; in many ways, that’s a compliment. Northrop establishes so many juicy conflicts and potential disasters that you long to see them carried out to their full, gruesome potential. Instead, the book ends right when it’s hitting its stride—but there’s no denying that the pages turn like wildfire.”
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