Title: Trapped
Author: Michael Northrop
Author's Website: http://michaelnorthrop.net/
ISBN: 978-0-545-21012-6
Publisher: Scholastic Press, 2011
Copyright Date: 2011
Genre: Adventure
Reading Level/Interest Age: 15-18
Awards: Booklist, 2011. Publisher's Weekly, 2011.
Plot Summary: After early dismissal from school due to the snowy weather, Scotty and his two best friends decide to stay after and work in the shop, not realizing that they will be stranded for the next week in the worst blizzard the country has ever seen. There are seven students in total that have to band together to find food, and warmth when the pipes freeze and the power goes out.
Critical Evaluation: Northrup successfully creates a page-turning novel that leaves readers fascinated, and anxious to see what happens next. Most teens will be able to appreciate that the story is told from the perspective of Scotty, a 15 year old high school student who is still worried about his bad breath, and zits even though their lives are potentially at risk. Northrup builds anxiety in the reader, while still providing a realistic teenage dialogue, and inner monologue.
Reader's Annotation: Seven High School students are trapped in their highschool during the country's worst storm, and forced to survive the cold with no power or heat. Critical Evaluation: Northrup successfully creates a page-turning novel that leaves readers fascinated, and anxious to see what happens next. Most teens will be able to appreciate that the story is told from the perspective of Scotty, a 15 year old high school student who is still worried about his bad breath, and zits even though their lives are potentially at risk. Northrup builds anxiety in the reader, while still providing a realistic teenage dialogue, and inner monologue.
Booktalking Ideas: Survival,
Why did you include this book: I chose this book because it is a fast-paced adventure read.
Quote: "It would've seemed impossible, even just a few days ago, but the snow was maybe three feet below the second-floor window-sill. I looked out. How long would it take to reach the windows?" It was already drifting up against some of them. Could it keep going long enough to cover them, like it'd covered the ones downstairs? There was no higher ground, no place left for us to go."
Quote: "It would've seemed impossible, even just a few days ago, but the snow was maybe three feet below the second-floor window-sill. I looked out. How long would it take to reach the windows?" It was already drifting up against some of them. Could it keep going long enough to cover them, like it'd covered the ones downstairs? There was no higher ground, no place left for us to go."
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