The Loners

Written by Lex Thomas

Book #1 in the The Loners series

A virus traps students in a deadly school, where survival means joining a gang.

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416 pages· 87,142 words· Est. 8 hour read· HL620L

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Bookroo's summary

David Thorpe's world shatters when an explosion isolates McKinley High, leaving students infected and lethal to adults. With the school under quarantine, gangs rule the halls. Alone with his brother Will, David must navigate this violent landscape where survival hinges on alliances. Can they endure the chaos, or will the school's dark new order consume them?

From the publisher

It was just another ordinary day at McKinley High–until a massive explosion devastated the school. When loner David Thorpe tried to help his English teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died right in front of him. And that was just the beginning. A year later, McKinley has descended into chaos. All the students are infected with a virus that makes them deadly to adults. The school is under military quarantine. The teachers are gone. Violent gangs have formed based on high school social cliques. Without a gang, you’re as good as dead. And David has no gang. It’s just him and his little brother, Will, against the whole school. In this frighteningly dark and captivating novel, Lex Thomas locks readers inside a school where kids don’t fight to be popular, they fight to stay alive.

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