Book Report: The Scorch Trials

The Scorch Trials opens with the boys we call them Gladers all in their dormitories having a grand old confusing time, when a new something bad happens. Crazy people outside they are called Cranks start screaming, so the boys all race into Teresa's room to see if she's okay. On the way, they find a bunch of dead bodies hanging from the ceiling of the hallway. Great. Then, when the boys get to Teresa's room, they find that she's gone; a boy named Aris is in her room instead. No one knows what's going on, and when the boys get back to the hallway, it turns out that the dead bodies are all gone. Later, a random dude just appears in the central room of the dormitories. He sits in a chair and reads a book, and he's also protected by a force field. …show more content…
Unfortunately, Thomas and Brenda get separated from the rest during a Crank attack. Brenda helps Thomas make his way through the city by taking him through an underground tunnel system. On the way, the pair is attacked by some crazy Cranks, but everything turns out okay. When Brenda and Thomas reach the center of the city, Thomas finds a sign that says he's the true leader. Apparently, these signs are everywhere, which is why Jorge and Brenda ended up helping him. But Thomas and Brenda get in trouble pretty quickly: a group of Cranks force them to attend their party, where Thomas and Brenda are drugged and captured. Luckily, Minho and the Gladers ambush the party and save Thomas and Brenda. Once again, Thomas has the worst luck: one of the Cranks turns out to have a pistol, and he shoots Thomas in the shoulder. To make things even weirder, wicked sends a flying-saucer-type-deal called a Berg to take Thomas back to the wicked headquarters so they can fix him up. Hey, wicked didn't expect a gun to be in the Scorch, so that doesn't count as part of the