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Trapped

Michael Northrop

Why we're reading this: Trapped is what happens when seven teens and one teacher become snowed into their high school during a te…more
[close] Trapped is what happens when seven teens and one teacher become snowed into their high school during a terrible blizzard that lasts an entire week. Pipes freeze, power goes out, the roof begins to collapse under the weight of the snow, and no one knows they are still in the building. Trapped.

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Feb 08, 2011 karen rated it liked it

Shelves: why-yes-i-ya

okay so most little girls dream about being secret princesses or having a pony or having a ghost for a best friend or something. my childhood fantasies were always about being snowed in. (i may have entertained one or two princess fantasies, as well) and this is still my dream. living on the third floor of an apartment building pretty much guarantees this dream will never come true, but i still hope for it every single winter. the quiet of it all, the hunkered-down hibernation appeal, the having ...more

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Feb 08, 2011 Krista the Krazy Kataloguer rated it liked it

Shelves: read-goodreads-authors, read-ya, read-survival

This story is about a group of teens who are trapped in their school during a terrible blizzard, one that dumps 18 feet or more of snow over a period of days. I almost put the book down and gave up reading it after the first few pages because I found the narrator, Scott Weems, so annoying. I realize that the author was trying to make Weems' voice sound authentic, but, like, his use of "like", even outside of dialogue, was, like, very irritating. I also found myself irritated at the general stupi ...more

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Mar 12, 2013 Christiana rated it liked it

Shelves: teen-fic, boy-meets-book, androgenous, middle-school

Solid pick for lovers of survival stories and Roland Smith. I think the story idea is so great that Northop was allowed to slack on execution some (which he did, but I don't care because, again, the story idea). This one is kind of begging for a companion book/follow up with THAT ENDING. ...more

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Mar 10, 2011 Katherine rated it it was amazing

Shelves: apocalyptic

Read this in about three hours. One of those can't put down books. Everything that happened seemed possible, and likely, I mean, except for the thirteen foot snow fall...

But really, it could have been a lot more dire and crazy. Like sex in the hallways, destroying the school, resorting to cannibalism, etc. I was glad Northrop didn't go there.

Scotty's realization that Les and Elijah weren't that mean or strange after all was a bit goofy, but maybe that would happen if you were stuck with people y ...more

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