Trapped

By Michael Northrop

ISBN: 978-0545210126, c.2011

It’s every kid’s dream to get to do whatever they want in school because there are no teachers around to tell them otherwise right? Well Scotty Weems’ dream has become a living nightmare because of a hugh Nor’easter (mega storm) that settled over his little town in New England. Scotty finds himself and seven other people trapped in their high school.   The six kids and a teacher hunker down for what they assume will be an overnight stay at the high school when they are trapped by a blizzard. But as the storm rages on for days and no one comes looking for them they realize that survival rests in their own hands.

Scotty is a likable character, the typical rising-star basketball player. He’s not snotty about it, but he does tend to mention it a lot. The other main characters include an average teen, the quiet, library geek, the trouble-maker and the pretty girl.  Each character finds their own strengths when the situation calls for it.  The  writing gives a believable quality to the story. Sure this has happened to people before sometime in someplace, but Scotty’s reminiscences on his actions and events allow you to get a taste of things to come. It’s is a novel that lets your imagination run wild about things to come.  It is a definite page turner.