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    By Michael Northrop

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    Es schneit wie seit Jahrzehnten nicht mehr. Scotty und seine Freunde Pete und Jason gehören zu den letzten sieben Schülern ihrer Highschool, die darauf warten, nach dem Unterricht abgeholt zu werden. Bald jedoch wird klar, dass niemand mehr kommen wird. Anfangs scheint es noch gar keine so schlechte Sache zu sein, den Abend und schließlich die Nacht in der Schule verbringen zu müssen - immerhin sind die zwei süßen Mädchen Julie und Krista mit von der Partie. Doch als zuerst der Strom ausfällt, dann die Heizung, schließlich die Wasserleitungen einfrieren und der Schnee draußen immer höher steigt und sie in Dunkelheit hüllt, liegen die Nerven blank - und plötzlich geht es ums nackte Überleben.

    Ein mitreißender Katastrophen-Thriller, der durch seine eindringliche Spannung und beklemmende Atmosphäre nicht nur Jugendliche begeistert.
    LanguageDeutsch
    PublisherLoewe Verlag
    Release dateJun 1, 2014
    ISBN9783732002177
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    • 3/5
      Scotty and his friends begin a normal high school day, but it ends anything but normal as an unprecedented storm hits the area trapping him and six other students in the school under a blanket of snow that continues to grow. As morning comes and the students realize the snow continued to pile up all night and with no break in sight they settle into survival mode. The story, told by Scotty, shows us how he, his two best friends, a bully, an outsider and two popular girls face the tragic situation and pull together to survive days in a school under feet of snow with conditions going from bad to worse to unimaginable.

      I found this very idea of this story very interesting and terrifying making it easy to turn page after page. The characters are very well developed, interesting and have a natural feel with the story. My only negative aspect of the read was, as many have already pointed out, the ending. For me, after suffering so long with these characters, I expected a bit more redemption instead of the abrupt ending that we received.

      This is certainly worth picking up and reading…I just had to imagine a better ending for myself!!!
    • 2/5
      I...didn't hate it...but where's the ending?!

      It really was a fun read and I enjoyed the ride, but the sudden stop was not only unexpected, but was excruciatingly painful for me, hints the two-star rating. I hate giving such a low rating, but I read this in high school, so it's been a while, and it still frustrates me to think about.

      I loved the story, and the more I read, the more immersed I became, but yeah, that only makes hitting that last page all the more difficult...

    • 4/5
      I liked the premise of this book a lot. Being from upstate NY, I'm quite used to a heavy nor'easter every winter and a blizzard every few years... and I love everything about both- the idea of being snowed in is a favorite of mine... now, I don't like when it lasts for-ev-errrrr, BUT I do enjoy a good winter. Trapped immediately peaked my interest with the abundance of snow. I also love survivalism so the aspect of teens staying alive in a high school during a major winter storm is also appealing to me.
      Trapped starts out pretty quick- within the first few chapters you already know that a big storm is brewing and the kids will be hunkering down in the school soon. The group of kids left in the school is quite the little mix, and I liked that Northrop did that- adds a little underlying story to the book. We get to know the characters by proxy. Narrated by Scotty, we hear his take on his peers and what is going on. Very high school cliche with the "cliques" but I guess a YA novel based in a high school should have some of that!
      Northrop did a great job building suspense with the storm. His descriptions of the snow and the drifting was very visual- while reading I kept thinking it was snowing.. when in reality, it wasn't. He also describes the bitter cold so well that I was bundled up or in the tub while reading... granted, it IS freezing right now in upstate NY, but still.
      I thought that this novel had just enough in way of extra story lines (the clique stuff, angsty teens, flirting, and some hints at romance) to suit the story. Not so much that it was in the way of the big picture - um hello, crazy ass blizzard - but enough to add a bit more dimension to the characters and story itself.
      As for the blizzard... slightly grandiose and a bit fantastical, but believable if that makes sense. The idea of getting stuck in the school was also believable in this story.. the storm was bad enough that it seemed plausible that parents couldn't get to the school to grab their kids. As for the teens in the school, I do think Northrop could've amped up their survival skills. If *I* was trapped in a school, I sure as hell would've scavenged every single room and locked I could get into to get supplies to keep myself alive. These kids did some of that, but not nearly as much as I've hoped. It was a bit of a letdown that the story didn't showcase more survival skills. Oh well. The only other issue I had was the ending- it was very abrupt. Again, I thought it was somewhat believable but I just wasn't totally sold on the idea. Plus, it was just to clean and fresh of an ending. It needed a bit more.
      Overall, I did quite enjoy this book. The ending may have bugged me, but it didn't ruin the story. Trapped was a fun and short read that was exactly what I needed in between my bulky reads. Now I think I am going to go check the forecast and make sure I'm prepared for whatever disaster the weather channel might throw my way. Haha!
    • 2/5
      I was expecting something a bit more suspenseful - it was recommended to me by a parent who heard about it from her child's teacher. She was so disappointed that we didn't carry it in our store that I thought it would have to be a fantastic book. Unfortunately, I didn't find it very suspenseful at all, nor did I care about the characters who had to band together to stay alive. We just didn't learn enough about them.
    • 3/5
      Not the best survival book, but not completely horrible.
    • 4/5
      When a snowstorm starts and the local high school closes early, seven students and one teacher are left behind when their parents don't come to pick them up. Little do they know, it will be days before the snow lets up. In the meantime, the snow piles up higher and higher outside the school walls. I really liked this. I thought it was quite suspenseful. It is simple writing, as it's a YA book, but I still really liked it. I thought a clever touch was the image of the snowflakes on the chapter pages. Being YA and not very long, it is a very quick read. I think it was also fitting to read it at this time of year, after all the snow I've seen this winter!
    • 1/5
      This book is lacking in several areas. I believe this author needs more writing classes.
    • 3/5
      That was not an ending. I know that's the trend in YA lately, but that was not even kind of an ending.
    • 4/5
      Trapped is a slow-thriller, with the terror amping up slowly, until it was uncomfortably freaky and you're afraid of breathing too hard because something bad might happen.
    • 3/5
      Northrup's wholly plausible tale of a group of teenagers stranded in their high school when the largest blizzard in North American history takes place is wholly plausible, and as a result, a real intense read.

      The sometimes dispassionate voice of narrator Scotty adds to the gravity of the situation, as though he is relating the harrowing experience for the umpteenth time, and reluctantly.

      Recommended!

    • 3/5
      The first book all year that I can pick up and read obligation-free! It doesn't have to be dystopian or post-apocalyptic! So I plucked a book off the shelf, one I'd heard good things about. And it's about 7 teens trapped in their high school when a 4-day blizzard drops 18 feet of snow.

      Bring on the small-scale apocalypse, I guess.

      Short chapters and a brisk pace; I can see a lot of guy appeal and I'll be adding this to my next round of booktalks. But I wasn't blown away by it. Not sure what I was hoping for, exactly, just... more.
    • 5/5
      (I have an Advance Review copy)
      Trapped is a wonderfully suspenseful novel about a group of students stuck in their high school during a major snow storm. There's no "Breakfast Club" shtick, but there is a constant feeling of foreboding and some terrific action. Northrop sets the scene (scariest high school experience since Carrie, without the schlock) so well I had to keep looking out the window to remind myself we have a normal amount of snow ang the roads are fine.
    • 3/5
      Interesting but left a lot of things out that one would like to know... or maybe that was the point for a sequel?
    • 2/5
      The ending was terrible. I am only giving it two stars because I found a few parts of the book to be well written and interesting, the rest was not good. I didn't connect with the characters and found the story to be beyond belief. This one could and should have been much better.
    • 4/5
      Seven teens are trapped at their high school in the country when the storm of the century hits their New England home. At first it just seems like a matter of time until someone comes to get them, but as time passes they realize that no one is coming anytime soon and they face one challenge after another.I have to say that I just loved this book. I have read some reviews that said it was sort of boring, but I found the interactions of the kids and the way they solved their problems interesting. And there is always this creepy feeling that something is going to go wrong. The book is short enough that it did not get boring for me. I think boys and girls would both enjoy this book. I found myself saying, what would I do? And I think teen readers would do the same.
    • 4/5
      I'm a sucker for survival books. I seem to love them. I keep reading them, and I think I may learn a little from each one. Trapped is a worse scenario book. Seven teens are left in their high school when it was let out early due to blizzard conditions. The teens were all expecting a ride to come and get them, but the driving conditions did not support vehicle rescue. As they begin to realize that no one is coming for them, survival mode kicks in. They start to think and plan for a longer stay at the High School. It could be worse, they could have been stuck in a car with no way out and food. The teens are a mixture of teen society. Not all of them get along, but they do learn to have respect for each other. It was interesting to see the different dynamics clash and compliment each other. I enjoyed the book. I wish there could have been an epilogue to let us know what happened with all of the other kids, the teacher who left and was never heard from. Did all of the buses make it when they took students home? There are many unanswered questions. Leaving me not feeling quite complete at the end.
    • 3/5
      It was the day the blizzard started, and it didn't stop for nearly a week. No one had seen anything like it... it wasn't a storm; it was whatever comes after that.A great freezing cold read for the hottest days of summer! Scotty, Jason and Pete are three of the last seven kids waiting to be picked up at Tattawa Regional High School after school is let out early due to the storm. They've never seen it snow this hard... even the snowplows are getting stuck because it's coming down so fast. Mr. Gossell, the history teacher left to supervise the pickups, leaves to go get help when darkness falls, and never returns. The power goes out, the phone lines to the school are down, and the cell phone reception is gone as well... and it's getting colder. Scotty worries about missing basketball practice and the game, Pete wonders if the dance will still be held on Friday (and he can maybe get a date), Jason just wants to work down in the shop on his go-kart project, Kristy and Julie are figuring out how to stay warm... and then there's Les and Elijah. Les is the king of detention and suspension, and most likely to be arrested in his class. Of course, that helps when you need doors unlocked and you have no key. Elijah is the oddball, telling the truth even when no one wants to hear it. How long can this mismatched group survive on their own, in a monster storm that's quickly taking out every technological advantage they depend upon? Great survival fiction! Grade 7 and up.
    • 3/5
      I was eager to read this book, but it just wasn't as good as I had hoped. The characters were only mildly interesting and Scott, our narrator just wasn't very good at telling his story. I think that Trapped had far more potential that it totally failed to live up to. One of my biggest criticisms is that a school apparently in the middle of nowhere only has a pay phone. I don't know about you, but in Michigan all our schools have land lines (which usually work during storms and during the early part of this book -- they should've worked, storm or not). Secondly, a teacher leaving the school to get help in the middle of a storm? Highly unlikely. I did think that some of the snow-related issues (like being unable to see out the windows and weight of the snow) were mostly realistic. But, man, even The Day After Tomorrow was better than this and they had a chase scene with weather. The worst part of the book, though, was the ending. We'd put up with all of Scott's ridiculous story telling abilities and then bam, suddenly it's over. I think we completely got short changed with this novel. I guess I just have higher standards when it comes to dystopian/disaster type books.
    • 4/5
      This book is based on an outlandish premise: a days-long blizzard literally buries a town, dumping dozens of feet of snow and trapping everyone where they happened to be when it started. In this case, it traps seven kids and a teacher in the high school. Cell phones and land lines aren’t working, vehicles (not even plows) can get through, and it isn’t long before the power is also gone.What this book really comes down to one question: What would you do to survive? Because these are teens (and young teens at that), different factors come in to play than those that would if they were adults. Will the usual cliques remain? Who, if anyone, is in charge? What are the consequences of breaking the rules? How do they eat, stay warm, and even use the bathroom? These kids have to use every last bit of their ingenuity to survive; not all of them do.Despite the fact that I struggled with the enormity of the snowstorm (even growing up in Maine, I couldn’t picture that much snow), I enjoyed this story. My only problem with it was the ending. We get a resolution to the immediate problem, but there is no aftermath. I wanted to know what the ramifications of the storm were outside of the school.This is a good book for those days when it snows and you wonder if it will ever stop.
    • 3/5
      This type of story was a change of pace for me. The premise was what kept me reading and ultimately it is also what made me give this book 3 stars instead of 2. It is a shame that the author didn't give us a more observant and layered main character. The book is told from his point of view, which is why his being somewhat of a simpleton is a hindrance to the novel. It might have been okay if there were more action or disasters they had to face, but the story unfolds very believably and the main guy just sort of plods along with no thoughts to aid his own character development or any of the others'. We don't even get physical descriptions of any of the main characters. All I know is that one girl has brown hair and that Les is bigger than Jason. I know just about as much about the characters' personalities. Ultimately, I'd recommend this book if the premise intrigues you as much as it did me. Even though I wish they had some kind of pseudo "Breakfast Club" camaraderie, the idea of a bunch of teenagers trapped in their high school during a blizzard is unique enough to keep it interesting.
    • 3/5
      Good for boys. Made me feel cold!! Interesting theme, not always believable.
    • 4/5
      A great read. A group of students are trapped in their school by a huge snowstorm. The situation forces them to re-examine their prejudices/assumptions about each other, with surprising results. A good example of how ordinary people react in extraordinary circumstances. The description of the snow storm, and the growing realisation that it was far form a normal snow storm was excellent. The final chapters as the situation steadily worsened was really gripping.I liked the subtle use of illustration at each chapter head - showing the deepening snow drifts, and the page spacing used over the last few chapters added to the tension.Recommended.
    • 3/5
      It looked like a normal snow storm when Scotty looked outside. That’s why he decided to stay in school a few hours more instead of taking the bus home, to help one of his friends finish a school project. A few hours later Scotty realizes that there’s 8 feet of snow outside and there’s no way of leaving the school. Now Scotty and 6 other students are trapped in school and they have to figure out how to survive without heat, power and water.When I started reading Trapped I was excited about it but when I finished reading it I was disappointed. The concept is original but to me it wasn’t properly developed. The author repeated himself too much and the plot didn’t move quickly. What I did like about the book was how the author described the storm and how being trapped really feels like. I liked how the characters grew close to each other and how they managed to survived.
    • 3/5
      Trapped follows the story of seven high school students trapped in their school during a blizzard. The story offers a medley of characters, each with very unique personalities. Some of these characters meshed well and others clashed. This led to moments of tension in an all ready tense situation. Trapped is a fast paced and intense read. It had no problem holding my interest, but the pacing was a little bit too fast for my taste. I still enjoyed the time I spent reading. I thought the author offered an excellent look at how the instinct to survive sets in when placed in a situation that is rapidly escalating out of control. Not a light read by any means. Parts were downright frightening. If you enjoy being scared, pick this up the next time you’re braving severe weather. I also wasn’t thrilled with the ending because it didn’t offer the extent of closure I desired after riding out the blizzard with these seven teens. Other than my minor complaints this was a pretty good book. I just needed a little more development of the characters to fully connect. I was definitely invested in the situation and outcome, but didn’t feel like I knew the characters as well as I would have liked.If you love an action driven read, than you’ll probably love Trapped. I think guys will especially dig it. Just the right amount of action, danger, and a male narrator to boot.
    • 4/5
      I was cold while reading this, so cold I had to turn the heat on and get under some blankets myself. The book really sets the atmosphere completely. I like movies of disaster and survival. I've read a few books on those subjects, but not in a long time, and this really brought my love for them back. I do think the characters could of done more to help survive, and at times I felt like they kept doing the same thing, I kept waiting for something big to happen and it didn't. I also think the ending happen to quickly and wish there was more
    • 4/5
      A snow storm closes school early, but seven students remain in the school. The storm does not let up, and the students must figure out a way to survive in a worsening storm that takes out the power, heat, and water. When the roof starts to collapse, the group must take drastic action to try to survive. Scotty tells the story of the group looking back on that fateful week.
    • 5/5
      Trapped is a high-quality survival story. I love man vs. nature stories and this one is no exception. Teenagers get stuck in school during a nor'easter that doesn't seem to be ending.The book is actually believable. Amazingly, not everyone makes it and there is no movie-like fictionalization which so often creeps in and ruins these types of books.Not recommended for readers younger than high school age.
    • 4/5
      Seven students get left at a high school waiting for their rides home, even though a blizzard as started and the school closes early. If you can suspend your disbelief that students would get left in a building without any adults (there IS an adult, but he goes for help early in the story), then Trapped is an enjoyable read. There were a couple scenes that I didn't see coming, and that always makes a book enjoyable for me. The only thing that would make this book better, would be if somehow it was possible to guarantee that while you were reading it, a blizzard was raging outside.
    • 4/5
      Wow, I mean WOW! This book was like riveting for me. I read it all in several hours, during a snow storm nonetheless. It was intense and thought provoking at the same time. I liked Scotty, the main character. He was a genuinely good guy. His insight into the people trapped with him was interesting as well. I did have a couple little nit picky things that I wasn't crazy about. I was talking to my son about this book and explaining that they didn't have a signal for cell service. He said, "Interesting because most schools are wired for Wi-Fi these days." I don't know a whole lot about the technical side of things but thought it interesting too that they couldn't get a signal out or anything at any time. The last thing was that I wasn't crazy about the loose ends left in the end. Of course, the author can end his book any way he wants. Despite my minor little issues, this book was awesome and one of my fav's so far this year. Great book to read in a raging snow storm. I'm giving this one 4 1/2 chilly kisses!
    • 4/5
      Any tale of survival has it's low points and it's action filled points. I knew that as soon as I opened Trapped and dove into Scotty's story. What I was most curious about was how Michael Northrop was going to fit a story of survival into a YA book. We all know that sometimes circumstances cause people to do unspeakable things, especially in the name of survival. I was hoping that this book wouldn't go that route.Truth be told, I was rather impressed with the way that that Scotty's story was written. From the very first mention of the snowfall there is a pervading sense of doom over the little band of misfit survivalists. However, like young people often do, they choose to laugh it off as a coping mechanism. As the snow continues to fall, and reality sets in, we see the group morph into a more unified group. They learn to work together and make well thought out decisions. We see them grow up in a matter of days, all because they need one another in order to survive.The one thing that kept me from being completely enamored with the book was simply that I wanted to know more about Scotty. I understand that his sole focus in the story is survival, but I would have liked to see more into his life. Really Scotty is, and he mentions this during the story in fact, kind of a "john every kid" if you get my meaning. He's the boy who is involved in sports, has friends but not too many, and kind of just blends into the background. I wish I would've felt more for him.It's honestly hard to say a lot about this book without giving it away. The story is very survival focused, as it should be. The reader watches as the characters come to terms with their situation and figure out how to escape. That's honestly the whole story. However it's not at all slow or lagging. Northrop introduces several issues over the course of the book that cause the characters to stop, think, and react in kind. I was on the edge of my seat while reading, hoping to see what they would ultimately decide to do.In the end, Trapped was a satisfying read. I liked the slower buildup of the action, and really felt like I was a part of the story based on the writing style. It is one of those books that you can't tear your eyes away from. You feel like if you leave the book for just a moment, something important might happen and you'll miss it. I'm being honest. I felt like I was trapped in there with those kids. I definitely recommend this book. Go out, get a copy, and prepare to be trapped.