Book 2 in the maze runner series; The Scorch Trials, is one of the most amazing books I have ever read in my entire life!, taking place some where in the future after sun flares (solar flares) have struck planet earth, and permanently changed earth's climate and and magnetic force, due to climate change the polar ice caps have melted causing tsunamis and other water related storms to wreck towns and cities near water, leaving a massive desert-like stretch of land between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, thanks to the scorch it became a time period of time when there were no longer enough recourses to supply life to the entire human race, due to the fact that soon earth would be out of natural recourses, population control finally stepped in, introducing a virus that would efficiently kill of some of the human race at a controlled rate, painlessly, but unluckily the virus got FAR out of control, as it spread it mutated, causing it to drive those who caught is insane!, soon those who caught it became bloodthirsty, vicious, and murderous!, those who had it became known as cranks, and the virus became known as the Flare. for phase two of the maze trials WICKED (World In Catastrophe Killzone Experiment Department) gives the gladers two weeks to cross the scorch and survive it's crank infested cities and violent thunder storms and reach the safe haven... or die.

This amazing book by Gary Paulsen, is about a young hunter who is facinated by a doe (female deer) who seems to some how entrance him! Though his family needs food he cant bring himself to kill the doe, but the hunt must go on! (read book for farther details!)

This book is an AMAZING all-time must read! I highly recommend it to grades 5 and up, this heartfelt book shows what it is like to discover love, family, and diversity, some times all it takes is a few memories from the giver to turn jonas's world upside down and inside out!