I was expecting a story about infected students killing each other. Check out the interview below to learn more about this writing team and quarantine, their first novel. Gonzalo whose ambiguous racial markers might read as latino was the muscle for the loners clique, leaving it only to return to the infected zone for his girlfriend, sasha. Kami garcia, new york times bestselling coauthor of the beautiful. The saints by lex thomas, 9781606845400, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. I kind of knew what it was going to be about before i started reading it, but wasnt sure. The falling action consists of will, lucy, and david meeting up at the little hole that lead to freedom. The loners, is the sluts, an allfemale gang thats tough as nails. The book ends with david getting out of the tunnel but the tunnel collapsing before the rest of the loners can make it out so david takes off into the outside world to get help, and we see a group of kids bust down the front doors to the school so everyone quarantined can escape, saying the soldiers are. The saints continues this frenetically paced and scary young adult series that illustrates just how deadly high school can be. Download read the loners 2012 by lex thomas in pdf. The basic setup is to take a 2,000 kid high school, lock it down, and kill all the adults.
In the violent early days of the quarantine, gonzalo joins a gang of thie. Lucy didnt properly get to say goodbye before david starts crawling through the little tunnel. The loners by lex thomas our september book of the month, but were also pleased to be hosting the latest stop on the official blog tour. When loner david thorpe tried to help his english teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died right in front of him. Lord of the flies in a 21st century high school setting. Lex thomas is the pen name for the writing team of lex hrabe and thomas voorhies.
Written by lex thomas, audiobook narrated by joe jameson. Just when you flip the page to find out what happens next, the author changes the scene, which makes you eager to keep reading. A ya novel that gillian kingcargile, the stem read director at northern illinois university, picked up by chance several years ago, quarantine by lex hrabe and thomas voorhies, writing under the. Overall, i say its a beautiful satire on the rage of our youth. Lex hrabe and thomas voorhies are back at it for a fourth quarantine book, and theyve done their. The final installment of thomas grossout quarantine series. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws.
Lex thomas is the pen name used by the writing team of lex hrabe and thomas voorhies. In this frighteningly dark and captivating novel, lex thomas locks readers inside a school where kids. The loners by lex thomas, then chances are youre hankering for the sequel. I read this book because i received it as a gift for my birthday. The giant by lex thomas, 9781512401035, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Well feature the best costumes on our website, and one grand prize winner will receive ebooks of the complete quarantine series quarantine. I saw it at my local bookstore and the cover peaked my interest. At first, i thought that it would be one of those books where the story line is great but the author fails to follow through. Evil intentions volume 5 licensed to youtube by tunesat. The quarantine trilogy by lex thomas theres another quarantine trilogy out there, but i havent read that one is one of those shining gems that resembles hope for ya fiction. Where readers of the maze runner and divergent go when theyre hungry for more dark survival stories.
I would certainly take a closer look at anything by lex thomas after reading quarantine. Lex thomas paperback august 1, 2016 nothing was worse than being locked in until they opened the door. Lex hrabe was a drama geek in high school as well as student body president, but in spite of his affiliations, he probably wouldnt have lasted a week if his school had been quarantined. I hope that i can excite my students to read the novel. The burnouts, where readers of the maze runner,gone, and divergent go when theyre. Lex lives in virginia with his wife and two daughters. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Lex thomas is the author team made up of lex hrabe and thomas voorhies. But since weve got almost an entire year to wait, here are a few other books some new, some classics that could help keep you entertained while you wait. Stem read and lex thomas challenge you to create your own quarantine costume and send us your picture. Best book ive read in a while 1010, 99, 88, 77, 66, 55. How the fresh prince created one of the weirdest moments in television history duration. Exclusive interveiw with lex thomas author of quarantine hypable. Laura vazques, media professor at northern illinois university, talks about the meaning of the word slut, and the modern connotations of the word.
As original as the hunger games, set within the walls of a high school exactly like yours. This fourth book of the violent, viruslit quarantine series tells the story of gonzalo, the axwielding, selfproclaimed monster of mckinley high school, and his girlfriend, sasha. Exclusive interveiw with lex thomas author of quarantine. Lord of the flies in a 21stcentury high school setting.
In 2005, they became a screenwriting team and found that writing with a friend is much more fun than. Overview it was just another ordinary day at mckinley highuntil a massive explosion devastated the school. The burnouts by lex thomas teens infected with an ebolalike virus are trapped in their high school. After a short, solitary quarantine, wills pronounced virusfree and brought into the parentrun operation that feeds and protects the school. Will has escaped the school and reunited with his brother, david. Lex thomass young adult science fiction novel quiz which one of these groups does not exist in the book. Latinautor, tunesat music publishing, latinautor umpg, bmi broadcast music inc.
First the loners, then the saints, and finally the burnouts told the saga of david, lucy, and wills story of survival inside mckinley high school where their story ends, his journey begins. First in the quarantine trilogy, this debut novel from thomas, a pseudonym for firsttime writers lex hrabe and thomas voorhies, is a violent and somewhat campy highconcept mashup, tossing walter hills the warriors into a high school setting and seeding it with elements of lord of the flies. When loner david thorpe tried to help his english teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died right in. Lex thomas is the pen name for the writing team of lex hrabe and thomas voorhies, who met in a writers group and bonded over their mutual fascination with bmovies. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. The starred quarantine series continues with the giant, the story of gonzalo, the axwielding loner, and his search for his lost love in the deadly infected zone. Anyway, the first book of the quarantine series is an easy read, and the ending is. Lex received a ba in drama and english from the university of virginia and has worn.
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