Trapped - Tapa dura

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"Compelling... Michael Northrop deftly describes teens who are tested by the endless snow." - iUSA Today/i

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"A gripping disaster story... Northrop's solid storytelling should keep readers rapt." - iPublishers Weekly/i

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"An edge-of-your-seat experience... Just as he did in iGentlemen/i, Northrop gets at the core of human nature through masterful pacing." - iKirkus Reviews/i

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bPraise for iGentlemen/i/b

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brAn ALA Best Book for Young Adults

brA iPublishers Weekly/i Flying Start

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"One dark ride.... The brutal narration, friendships put through the wringer and the sense of dread that permeates the novel will keep readers hooked." -iPublishers Weekly/i, starred review

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"Northrop's first novel is creepy, yet it has what can pass for a happy - or at least satisfying - ending." - iThe New York Times/i Book Review

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"A riveting thriller... This is a rare sort of book that may work just as well for reluctant readers as it will avid ones." - iBooklist/i, starred review

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"Taut as a high-tension wire in execution." - iThe Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books/i

The day the blizzard started, no one knew that it was going to keep snowing for a week. That for those in its path, it would become not just a matter of keeping warm, but of staying alive. . . .

Scotty and his friends Pete and Jason are among the last seven kids at their high school waiting to get picked up that day, and they soon realize that no one is coming for them. Still, it doesn't seem so bad to spend the night at school, especially when distractingly hot Krista and Julie are sleeping just down the hall. But then the power goes out, then the heat. The pipes freeze, and the roof shudders. As the days add up, the snow piles higher, and the empty halls grow colder and darker, the mounting pressure forces a devastating decision. . . .