1 1 Chapter 1: (The Maze Runner)...

■"Peter wakes up in a swaying elevator, and the only thing he can remember is his first name. The elevator, called the Box, opens up, and a group of boys lower a rope for Peter and pull him out.

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●"The boys live in a place called the Glade, a courtyard which is surrounded by an enormous labyrinth of 100-foot stone walls called the Maze.

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■"Alen, a dark-skinned boy who has been there the longest, is the leader, and his sidekick is a blond boy named Ben. For the past two years, a new boy has appeared in the Box every month.

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●"Peter, confused and upset, demands an explanation about where he is and what's going on, but when screams sound from a nearby building, the boys leave him with the young, pudgy Chuck, who will become like a brother to Peter.

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■"The screams are from a boy named Frank; he was stung by a Griever, one of the monsters that lives in the Maze. After receiving an antidote called Grief Serum, Frank is going through "the Changing," a painful process during which the victim is flooded with memories of his life before the Maze.

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●"Gally, a bully who went through the Changing and recovered, confronts Peter, saying that he saw Peter during his Changing and doesn't trust him.

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■"Before dark, four boy run out through four "Doors" in the walls of the Maze, the walls sliding closed behind them. Chuck tells Peter that these are the Maze Runners, and Peter feels drawn to become one.

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●"The Runners are trying to find a way out of the Maze, and each night, in a concrete room, they map out the eight sections of the Maze. But the internal walls shift every night, creating multiple variations of the Maze, and, so far, they haven't been able to identify an escape route.