Breakdown of Maze Runner by James Dashner

ONE Sentence summary:
A sixteen year old boy named Thomas arrives at a place called the Glade with no memories before arriving, and the calling to be a Runner (of the maze).

TWO Things I would have done differently:
I would have made getting information from the characters a little bit easier.
I would have explained more about the origin of the jargon used at the glade.  

THREE Titles that if you liked...you will like this:
Breakdown of Maze Runner

FOUR Reasons to care:
1.) If the first one is going to be a movie, the second one will be too.
2.) This plot is kind of the "opposite" of the last book.
3.) This book is also written well.  
4.) Spoiler alert, it leaves you on cliff hanger so get the third one at the same time as the second, if you can.

FIVE Facts about the author:
Breakdown of Maze Runner

SIX Emotions I felt while reading:
Nervous, excited, stressed, mad, hopeful, frustrated, pissed

SEVEN Thoughts:
1.) Why would they put kids through this?
2.) How scary can a past possibly be?
3.) What role do memories play in who you are, as a person?
4.) At what point do you forgive a betrayal?
5.) How can you not trust your senses?
6.) When is it okay to give up?
7.) Are the lives of many worth the human race?

EIGHT Buzzwords:
quest, adventure, tension, brain, trust, tests, subjects, scientists

NINE Plot device/writing techniques/tools/tricks:
1.) Third person limited point of view
2.) Information characters
3.) Clues, codes, breadcrumbs, trails
4.) Perception
5.) Memory (VERY limited, therefore more important)
6.) Females vs males
7.) Run-on sentences to represent the 100 miles they had to travel.
8.) Paragraphs of questions to make the reader feel as if the author had no answers either.
9.) Healthy descriptions of disaster.

TEN Point plot summary:
1.) Thomas and the Gladers wake up trapped in a facility with no food, only water, for several days. After food magically appears, a man in a white lab coat gives them their next trial, which is to travel 100 miles north to reach a safe haven. He also tells them that they have the disease they are trying to cure.
2.) The Gladers travel through a portal which brings them to a completely dark underground boobytrapped tunnel that they travel through for miles. They eventually reach some stairs, open the trapdoor, but are shocked at what they find.
3.) Once they adjust, they use what little supplies they have to prepare for their new surroundings and the quest ahead.
4.) The Gladers walk for miles and sometimes come to buildings where strange things happen. Thomas eventually meets Theresa, but they split up again.
5.) At one specific building, more people are added to their group.
6.) They continue on together to the safe Haven.
7.) Theresa’s group captures Thomas with the intention to kill him. They decide not to, after a couple of conversations.
8.) Once they arrive at the safe haven, there is a huge final battle.   
9.) WICKED takes all them to their next trial.
10.) Read on to find out about the next trial!