an entertaining fiction novel by James Dashner about a boy named Thomas who mysteriously finds himself in a place called "the glade" with several other boys who are as clueless as he is. the glade is bordered by enormous walls that split in two on each side to a massive maze. thomas feels something strange about the place, as if he'd been there before...this book is the first of the maze runner series and is recommended (by me). the movie version is to be released in september of 2014.