The Loop (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781338589306)

"A script-ready story with blockbuster potential." -- Kirkus (Starred Review)Life inside The Loop--the futuristic death row for teens under eighteen--is one long repetitive purgatory. But when news of the encroaching chaos in the outside world reaches the inmates and disorder begins to strike, the prison becomes the least of their worries. Perfect for fans of The Fifth Wave and The Maze Runner.

It's Luka Kane's sixteenth birthday and he's been inside The Loop for over two years. Every inmate is serving a death sentence with the option to push back their execution date by six months if they opt into "Delays", scientific and medical experiments for the benefit of the elite in the outside world.But rumors of a war on the outside are spreading amongst the inmates, and before they know it, their tortuous routine becomes disrupted. The government issued rain stops falling. Strange things are happening to the guards. And it's not long until the inmates are left alone inside the prison.Were the chains that shackled Luka to his cell the only instruments left to keep him safe? In a thrilling shift, he must overcome fellow prisoners hell-bent on killing him, the warden losing her mind, the rabid rats in the train tunnels, and a population turned into murderous monsters to try and break out of The Loop, save his family, and discover who is responsible for the chaos that has been inflicted upon the world.

Author: Ben Oliver
ISBN-10: 133858930X
ISBN-13: 9781338589306
Publisher: Chicken House
Language: English
Published: 04/07/2020
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6
Point Value: 14
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 509900 / Loop


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2020 pg. 160
Publishers Weekly 03/09/2020
Booklist 03/15/2020 pg. 57
School Library Journal 05/01/2020 pg. 67