From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver comes a captivating, thrilling novel of fear, friendship, courage, and hope that will leave readers gasping for air. Now a television series on Prime Video, starring Olivia Welch, Mike Faist, Jessica Sula, Enrique Murciano, Camron Jones, and Ray Nicholson!
E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars, calls Panic "a thrill a minute." Kirkus says: "Will have readers up until the wee hours," School Library Journal raves: "Fast-paced and captivating."
Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a poor town of twelve thousand people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do. Heather never thought she would compete in panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors. She'd never thought of herself as fearless, the kind of person who would fight to stand out. But when she finds something, and someone, to fight for, she will discover that she is braver than she ever thought.
Dodge has never been afraid of panic. His secret will fuel him, and get him all the way through the game; he's sure of it. But what he doesn't know is that he's not the only one with a secret. Everyone has something to play for. For Heather and Dodge, the game will bring new alliances, unexpected revelations, and the possibility of first love for each of them--and the knowledge that sometimes the very things we fear are those we need the most.
Read the book that inspired the series, which the New York Times described as "Reminiscent of 'The Hunger Games' but grounded in the real world."
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 03/04/2014
ISBN: 9780062014559
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.48h x 6.07w x 1.30d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/16/2013
Booklist 12/15/2013 pg. 47
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2014
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2014 - Recommended - Readable
Romantic Times 03/01/2014 pg. 40 - Excellent
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2014
School Library Journal 03/01/2014 pg. 161
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2014 pg. 126
Shelf Awareness 04/11/2014
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 164557 / Panic
Reading Level: 5.2 /
Interest Level: Upper Grade /
Point Value: 12
