Friendship In The Maze Runner By James Dashner

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The Maze Runner is a book written by James Dashner. The book is about a boy name Thomas, who was put into a glade with boys. Later came a girl named Teresa. They later found out that Teresa and Thomas were apart the Keepers, which was what they call the people that put them in the glade. Thomas found a way to get out and asked everyone to come with him, some stayed and some when along with the plan. They got out of the glade and found that it was all-apart of the Keeper’s plan for the Gladers. They moved on to the next stage of their trail to find a way to save humanity.
The central theme of this story is the friendship between Thomas, Teresa and the Gladers. Friendship is very important in the glade. Without friendship the Gladers wouldn’t

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