The Maze Runner

Teen labyrinth thriller

The Maze Runner is a 2009 young adult dystopian novel by James Dashner, the first in a series.

A group of teenagers wake with no memories in a mysterious compound surrounded by an ever-shifting labyrinth filled with deadly creatures.

The book was adapted into a 2014 film: Have you read The Maze Runner?

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walls · trapped · survival · Newt · Glade · young adult · memory · experiment · cure · virus · trial · lost memories · teenagers · chosen ones · sprint · concrete · vines · shifting

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The Maze RunnerThe Lord of the Rings

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The Maze RunnerWinnie-the-Pooh

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Alice in Wonderland · Peter Pan · The BFG · Mary Poppins · Anne of Green Gables

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maze, runner, mazes, running, runny, overrun, rerun, outrun

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Known to kids · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG