I have my doubts about some of the characters’ actions. It is realistic–it probably would be pretty boring–but it doesn’t make for the most exciting story. They have plenty of food and are in a very large building, better off than many people I would think. Ultimately, while the situation would not be any fun, the kids ARE relatively safe for most of the story. The idiot teacher leaves, the power and heat go out, they find food in the cafeteria, they argue, they sleep, Scotty obsesses over a zit (pretty gross there), the water goes out…you get the point. For most of the book, very little actually happens. WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE: Trapped has a surprisingly slow-moving plot. Weather can be pretty crazy, and it is entirely feasible that that much snow could fall and that kids might be trapped in their school without power or heat. By the later chapters, all the pages are solid white, representing the view the kids have outside their high school windows. WHAT I LIKED: I love how each chapter begins with the snow illustrations rising higher and higher on the page. When the electricity, phones, and heat go out, they find themselves stranded and shivering in the dark with no way to contact the outside world. SUMMARY: Seven students are trapped alone in their high school after a huge snowstorm buries the school.
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