As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
(4)
YA
Five high school misfits are selected, seemingly at random, for a school trip to the English countryside where they're sucked into a deadly parallel world. Faced with mortal peril, the teens harness their heretofore unrealized talents to effect an escape and--predictably--triumph through teamwork. Structured as a series of short game-like challenges, this is Jumanji for teens.