The Maze Runner
Book One of the Maze Runner Series
by James Dashner
The Maze Runner · Book 1
Reading Level 5-6 Moderate (Lvl 3)
Ages 9-12
The text is written at a 5th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for middle graders (ages 9–12), and the content has moderate intensity with some emotionally heavy themes.
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About This Book
A boy wakes up with no memory in a mysterious place surrounded by a giant maze filled with danger. Alongside other boys trapped there, he must solve the maze’s deadly secrets to find a way out. When the first girl appears with a chilling warning, everything changes and the race for survival becomes even more urgent.
Representation & Themes
AdventureMysteryFriendshipSurvivalScience & Nature
For Parents
Content Intensity
Level 3 — Moderate Gentle Mild Moderate Intense Very Intense
Real stakes and emotional weight. May include sustained danger, loss, or bullying.
Content Flags
Mild Peril Fear & Anxiety Survival
Data confidence: standard
Details
- ISBN
- 9780385737951
- Pages
- 374
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Published
- 2009
- Type
- Fiction
Genres
Young Adult Fiction
Subjects
FictionScience fictionAmnesiaCooperativenessLabyrinthsJuvenile FictionChildren's fictionAmnesia, fictionMazesEscapesDystopianYoung Adult FictionSocial ThemesVisionary & MetaphysicalBoys & MenDystopiasFriendshipReading Level-Grade 7Reading Level-Grade 9Reading Level-Grade 8Reading Level-Grade 11Reading Level-Grade 10Reading Level-Grade 12nyt:paperback-books=2010-09-12New York Times bestsellerAmnesiacsMaze puzzlesCooperationMemorySurvival
People
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