He is a troublesome teen who steals things from people for money. Lockdownescape from furnace 1 by alexander gordon smith. Alexander gordon smith is the author of the escape from furnace series, including lockdown. How do you escape the wardens mutant dogs when he unleashes them in the prison. Lockdown was a brilliant book that gives vivid imagery to the life of alex within the furnace. Lockdown by alexander gordon smith is book 1 in the escape from furnace series, featuring alex sawyer about the author.
If alex doesnt break free from his emotional and physical prisons, he might as well just be another robotic prisoner in the monotony of his prison. Lockdown was released in paperback in the uk in march 2009, and in the us in august 2010 as the escape from furnace series. This new prison is a mile underground and is reserved especially for the most malicious young male criminals society has to offer. Alexander gordon smith is the author of the escape from furnace series, as well as the inventors shortlisted for the wow factor competition and the inventors and the city of stolen souls. The bulletin of the center for childrens books on the escape from furnace series. Or does their escape from furnace only lead them to another obstacle, one that they might not be able to get past. Smiths breakout ya novel is one that will keep kids and adults intrigued and possibly even a little queasy.
One night, him and his friend toby decide to break into someones house while the owners were away to steal every. In the end i would say i thoroughly enjoyed lockdown. It was a lot like lord of the flies and shawshank redemption got together and decided to throw some nightmares. Book 2 alexander gordon smith author 2016 inspired creative writing 52 brilliant ideas series alexander gordon smith author 2007. At the end of lockdown, alex and some of the other boys serving sentences in furnace had devised an escape plan. It is hard to believe that the country has become so afraid of teen gangs that they have built an underground, maximum security prison, which offers no. A presentation for ap english based on the novel lockdown. Escape from furnace is the united states title of the series. Im still not sure if i have the stomach to read the next book, but i really want to know what sort of crazy maniac is behind the furnace and if it will ever end. When he and his friend toby break into a home one night, its anything but business as usual when they find themselves confronted with a group of men in suits. After experimenting in the service and retail trades for a. He teaches alex how to survive furnace penitentiary.
Alexander gordon smith is the author of the escape from. Solitary escape from furnace book 2 alexander gordon. The book lockdown is the first in the escape from furnace series. After experimenting in the service and retail trades for a few years, smith decided to go to university. Escape from furnace 1 lockdown alexander gordon smith on. A yalsa ya galley teen reader in this third installment of the furnace series, gordonsmith has pulled out all the stops. Alexander gordon smith, the author of the title series, escape from furnace, was born in 1979 in norwich, england. Lockdownescape from furnace 1 escape from furnace series book 1 alexander gordon smith author 2009 lockdown furnace series book 1 alexander. Intense is most certainly not the word for lockdown. Born in 1979 in norwich, england, he always wanted to be a writer.
Alexs first friend inside furnace penitentiary and helps him survive his first runin with the vicious gang known as the skulls. The students chose the book to read, produced a video book talk link below and wrote the following questions and project ideas to stimulate thought and action about real issues. Escape from furnace is a series of novels by alexander gordon smith. Alex was framed for a crime that he never committed. Lockdown escape from furnace 1 escape from furnace series, book 1. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
Alexander first began writing books when he was just six years old. The cliffhanger ending perfectly set the stage for the upcoming novels, which i hope are as much of a success as the first. Escape from furnace 2, 2010, and is about to learn the secret origins of the prison staff. The books are written from the point of view of the teenage protagonist alex sawyer, and are about his incarceration in the fictional london prison furnace penitentiary. Alexander gordon smith overdrive rakuten overdrive. Alexander gordon smith theme setting furnace penitentiary the worlds most secure prison, it is located about 1 mile underground no matter how bad the situation is. Escape from furnace 1 by alexander gordon smith in djvu, fb3, txt download ebook. The usual routine involves hard labor, lockdowns, and gagworthy food, the ugly warden who everyone is frightened by, skinless and horriblelooking mutant dogs that are allowed to chew inmates alive, the hulksized guards in black suits, wheezers that wear gas masks and take kids way at night, vicious gangs and their lust for power and fights, but also his. Escape from furnace, is a 2009 horror sciencefiction novel, written by alexander gordon smith. Some definite horror elements mixed in with an incarceration vibe.
A hardcore journal advanced pulverized coal injection technology and blast furnace operation. But as he starts to uncover the truth about furnaces deeper, darker purpose, alexs actions grow ever more dangerous, and he must risk everything to expose this nightmare thats hidden from. After leaving the university of east anglia, where he studied english literature, he began to write several nonfiction childrens books. Escape from furnace, book 1 unabridged audiobook, by alexander gordon smith. The first in the escape from furnace series, lockdown introduces readers to 14yearold alex, a petty thief. Because of this, sawyer was sent to a horrid penitentiary named furnace. The worlds most secure prison for young offenders, buried a mile beneath the earths surface. Alex sawyer has just received his third strike, attempting to escape from the underground penitentiary known as furnace solitary. Escape from furnace, by alexander gordon smith while lockdown. The escape from furnace series is a young adult book series that tells the story of a alex sawyer, a teenager who gets framed by supposedly murdering his best friend.
Alex is a parttime burglar who is framed for the murder of his partner and sent to furnace where he discovers that there are worse things than he ever imagined. Goodreads members who liked lockdown escape from furna. Ryan, age 16 lockdown is a beautifully written book that builds itself up on violence, suspense, and mystery. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. In the following lines, the first two books of this series named lockdown and solitary, respectively, will. Convicted of a murder he didnt commit, sentenced to life without parole, alex sawyer knows he has two choices. Lockdown relentlessly portrays an extremely bleak picture of what prison life is like in some dystopian but. This book made me feel like i was standing right next to alex, the protagonist in this story.
I was never good at anything, outside, but i could always cook. A little information about the book, lockdown, by alexander gordon smith. Smith followed up the series with a novella, the night children. Together with a bunch of inmatessome innocent kids who have been framed, others coldblooded killersalex plans an escape. Escape from furnace has no central antagonist besides the furnace itself of course there are some pointers about certain persons that may become of major importance later but the reader will not be learning much in this book about them. Escape from furnace made me squirm in discomfort, it does require a great deal of suspension of disbelief. Alexander gordon smith is the author of the escape from furnace series of young adult novels, including lockdown and solitary. Lockdown is followed by solitary, death sentence, fugitives and execution.
Escape is a powerful theme in lockdown, the only way alex has a chance at life. Escape from furnace series october 6, 2016 if anyone is seriously interested in being a page admin, and would like to update and maintain this fan page, feel free to let me know as id be very open to the idea of adding a new admin. Alex has been framed for murder by a team of mysterious men, and now he has been sentenced to life without parole in furnace penitentiary. He has also written a number of nonfiction books, as well as. Escape from furnace is about a fourteen year old teen boy named alex sawyer who is the protagonist. Lockdown is a beautifully written book that builds itself up on violence, suspense, and mystery. Solitary escape from furnace book 2 alexander gordon smith.
This book picks up right where the first left off, with the boys attempting to break free from furnace penitentiary and its evil warden. In the uk there have so far been two more books in the series, entitled solitary and death sentence, the former of these two scheduled to be released in paperback in the us in december, with death sentence following in 2011. Alexander gordon smith is the author of the escape from furnace series. That out of the way, if you are an adult wavering over the idea of giving this book a shot, please dont be fooled into thinking that it will be a timid read by virtue of its apparent target audience. Its reese andersons first day on the job at evergreen, a nursing home where all the residents are really rude to him, and hes been instructed to spend his entire shift picking up garbage. Escape from furnace, was a gripping, heartpounding horror novel, which had the gears in your head turning and you sitting on the edge of your seat at the end of every chapter. Its inevitable, as violence is in the very nature of a place like furnace. In the united kingdom the series is known as furnace. But as he starts to uncover the truth about furnaces deeper, darker purpose, alexs actions grow ever more dangerous, and he must risk everything to expose this nightmare thats hidden from the eyes of the world. Why do wheezers come and drag prisoners out in the middle of the night.
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