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Escape from Furnace 2
By Smith, Alexander Hanchett
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2010
Gr 7–10—Alex Sawyer, 14, is in prison for a murder he didn't commit. He tried to escape the horrors of the underground prison known as Furnace in Lockdown (Farrar, 2009), and now he must battle the nightmare that is solitary confinement. The cells open from the top through a sort of manhole cover, and they are more like coffins standing on end than cells. Alex must fight the monsters and mutants that are his captors and tormentors, including the dreaded wheezers...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
Foiled in their attempt to escape from a sadistic penal institution for boys, Alex and Zee (<i>Lockdown</i>) struggle to survive solitary confinement...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Rife with mutant attack dogs, monstrous guards, and genetically altered creatures living in caves, Furnace is a captivatingly gruesome place. Readers with a taste for horror will be transfixed. The pacing is intense and the plot is relentlessly engaging. Even scenes in...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
