![]() Heather never planned on competing in Panic, but when her boyfriend breaks up with her and her mom falls further into a drug addiction, leaving Heather solely responsible for her little sister, Panic becomes the only ticket out of the town that holds all of her problems.ĭodge says he's only playing for the money, but he calculates his every move based on the need for revenge that boils up inside of him.ĭodge and Heather become both opponents and allies in the summer game that threatens their sanity, their relationships and, most importantly, their lives. Only this year's seniors are eligible to compete, and this year's prize is $67,000. Panic is a game that tests the players' deepest, darkest fears and sets them against one another, asking them to do unspeakable things. During their four years of high school, they each paid a Panic tax, money that would go into a pot, which would be the grand prize for that year's Panic winner. ![]() In the small town of Carp, Heather and Dodge, the alternating narrators, have just graduated from high school. New York Times best-selling author of "Before I Fall" and the Delirium series, Lauren Oliver, is back with a contemporary young adult novel titled "Panic." This psychological thriller is well-written, unpredictable and entertaining. ![]() ![]() " PANIC, " by Lauren Oliver, HarperCollins, $17.99, 416 pages (f) (ages 14 and up) ![]()
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