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Title:

Maze, The
 

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Genres:

Young Adult
Coming of Age
Adventure

Editions:

# Date Publisher Binding Cover
1 1998-09-28 HarperCollins  

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Blurb: 
Just fourteen, Rick Walker is alone, on the run, and desperate. Stowing away in the back of a truck, he suddenly finds himself at a dead end, out in the middle of nowhere. The Maze. In this surreal landscape of stark redrock spires and deep sandstone canyons, Rick stumbles into the remote camp of Lon Peregrino, a bird biologist who is releasing fledgling California condors back into the wild. Intrigued by the endangered condors and the strange bearded man dedicated to saving them, Rick decides to stay on. When two men with a vicious dog drive up in a battered old Humvee, Rick discovers that Lon and his birds are in grave danger. In the story"s heart-stopping climax, Rick risks his own life flying Lon"s hang-glider in a dramatic attempt to save his friend. Awards and Honors for THE MAZE Best Books for Young Adults, American Library Association (ALA) Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (ALA) Pick of the Lists, American Booksellers Nominated for Edgar Allan Poe Award, Best Young Adult Mystery Teachers" Choices, International Reading Association (IRA) Junior Library Guild Selection cc