Trapped

By Michael Northrop

Book Overview

A chilling YA thriller from critically acclaimed author Michael Northrop.

The day the blizzard started, no one knew that it was going to keep snowing for a week. That for those in its path, it would become not just a matter of keeping warm, but of staying alive. . . .Scotty and his friends Pete and Jason are among the last seven kids at their high school waiting to get picked up that day, and they soon realize that no one is coming for them. Still, it doesn't seem so bad to spend the night at school, especially when distractingly hot Krista and Julie are sleeping just down the hall. But then the power goes out, then the heat. The pipes freeze, and the roof shudders. As the days add up, the snow piles higher, and the empty halls grow colder and darker, the mounting pressure forces a devastating decision. . . .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545210135
• ISBN13: 9780545210133
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Trapped Review by Toby Palevsky Smith

~~Reviewed by Toby Palevsky Smith of Toby's Nerd-Cave Library~~ A story featuring 7 high school students who are trapped in their high school during a massive historic snowstorm. The one teacher who was there with them at the beginning went outside that first night to ‘get help’ and never came back. They have no idea if he is dead in the snow or if he made it to shelter. That's when things get a bit tense between the remaining students in their bid to survive - and not all of them make it out alive. I am reading this book while I am also snowed in during a historic snowstorm in my area so I think that has made this story a little more immersive and real for me. I am really enjoying the stream-of-consciousness narrative, the foreshadowing clues in the beginning and the way the main character narrates what's happening in both past and present tense. The realities of surviving in freezing temperatures with the very little supplies that can be found in a run-down public school building in the middle of open farmland are very compelling and interesting to think about. The plot itself seems to be missing, other than an “I survived” vibe throughout, and there is no clear cut resolution at the end.