Trapped by Michael Northrop

Summary
The day the blizzard started, no one knew it was going to keep snowing for a week. That for those in it's path, it would become not just a matter of keeping warm, but of staying alive. Scotty and his friends Pete and Jason are among the last seven kids at their high school waiting to get picked up that day, and they soon realize that no one is coming for them. Still, it doesn't seem so bad to spend the night at school, especially when distractingly hot Krista and Julie are sleeping just down the hall. But then the power goes out, then the heat. The pipes freeze, and the roof shudders. As the days add up, the snow piles higher, and the empty halls grow colder and darker, the mounting pressure forces a devastating decision. (from front flap)

Review
     I would give this book about a three-and-a-half out of five.
     I liked it, it was original, but I guess I was expecting more. I looked it up, and I searched for it, and finally found it, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted it to be. It was still a good book though, but in a different way.
     While I was reading it, their I could actually feel the chill, which is hard, because I was reading it in an extremely overheated room. The writing was okay. It was written from the point of view of a high schooler, so it wasn't amazingly well written, or anything. The main character, though, did provide an interesting perspective on how his school worked, and the people in it. There were some really good lines, but the problem was that they were surrounded by typical high school kid talk, so they were sort of dulled down.
     The main character, Scotty, was believable, but I didn't really get the sense that it was about him-he was just delivering the story for us, that was his job, and that's what he did. Their was an interesting mix of characters, a whole bunch of people who previously would not have talked to each other. I didn't find the girls particularly interesting, though. The point to them was that they were the only girls, and that was what was supposed to make them unique. I feel like it would have worked better if there was only one of them.
     I would recommend this book to anyone who likes survival stories.
     On a side note, I have to say that I absolutely love this cover.
     This is a link to a fan made trailer- its very good.

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KgwuQJNuVQ