The Maze Runner
“The Maze Runner is about a boy named Thomas who is put in a box and is sent up to the Glade. He doesn’t remember anything except his first name. Since he got there, everything has started to change, a day after he arrives a girl comes to the Glade and she’s the first girl to ever come into the Glade.
The Glade is the center of the Maze, the only way to get out. There are Runners to scope out the Maze, but it’s very difficult because the Maze changes every night. It may sound like you can stay in the Maze overnight, but that would be a death wish. The Grievers are the death wish. Big matronic bugs that can sting you. Get stung and make it back in time to the Glade, you go through the Changing.
Everything’s been changing since Thomas arrived, will he be the one to get everyone out?
Some things that we’re finding interesting include how Thomas has been changing. He seems to be getting more confident throughout the story. Also, why is everyone here? What’s the reasoning behind sending someone to the Glade when it really doesn’t have that big of an effect? What kind of things qualify you to get sent into the Maze? Everyone is a teenager, they’re smart, and at least kind of athletic. The Glade sounds like a nice place, however it seems kind of artificial. If you’re trapping someone there, why would you make it so nice?”
-Lauren, Gwyneth, Emma, & Thora
Uglies
“Uglies is a dystopian novel about a society where until the age of sixteen, everyone is called an “ugly.” Then at sixteen, all Uglies undergo an operation that makes them “Pretty.” Tally Youngblood can't wait for her operation, till her friend Shay runs away and she questions everything she thought she knew. We think this book takes issues from our society and dramatizes them. This book is a very interesting, new idea. Are looks that important to our society? The author poses an interesting point of view and we look forward to finishing this book and possible the series.”
-Asha, Viv, Ella, Sophie, & Abby
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