The Maze

Authors

Will Hobbs

Illustrator

HarperCollins Publishers

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Publication Year

1999

ISBN

9780380729135

Pages

256 pages

Genre

realism

Format

novel

Item Type

Fiction

Annotation

Rick, a fourteen-year-old foster child, escapes from a juvenile detention facility near Las Vegas and travels to Canyonlands National Park in Utah where he meets a bird biologist working on a project to reintroduce condors to the wild.

Grade Level

3-5; 6-8

Lexile Measure

720L

Diversity Topics

Family Relationships; Family Member Death; Foster Care; Incarceration; death of parents; death of grandmother; grief; foster home; teenager in detention center

Main Character

male teenager

Race/Ethnicities

White

Keywords

wildlife conservation; adventure stories; Canyonlands National Park; Utah; Condors; endangered species; runaway teenager; birds; biologist; nature

Diversity Impact

indirect

STARS Citation

Hobbs, Will, "The Maze" (1999). Diverse Families. 2074.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2074