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Panic

Lauren Oliver

Ages 14–18

Readers rate it 3.4 (69 on Hardcover)

416 pages · Released Mar 4, 2014

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Panic parent’s guide: what’s inside

High confidence

LGBTQ+ themes

What it offers

Positive messages

Positive role models

Educational value

A note for parents

Panic is a young adult thriller centered on high school graduates playing a dangerous, increasingly risky game where players face physical challenges and dares that escalate in intensity. The book explores themes of courage, friendship, and self-discovery, but contains moderate language, some sexual content, and emotional intensity around risk-taking and peer pressure that makes it better suited for older teens. While there is no graphic violence, the psychological stakes and dangerous situations create genuine tension throughout.

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From the publisher

Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a dead-end town of 12,000 people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do. Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher. She’d... Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a dead-end town of 12,000 people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do. Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher. She’d never thought of herself as fearless, the kind of person who would fight to stand out. But when she finds something, and someone, to fight for, she will discover that she is braver than she ever thought. Dodge has never been afraid of Panic. His secret will fuel him, and get him all the way through the game, he’s sure of it. But what he doesn't know is that he’s not the only one with a secret. Everyone has something to play for. For Heather and Dodge, the game will bring new alliances, unexpected revelations, and the possibility of first love for each of them—and the knowledge that sometimes the very things we fear are those we need the most.

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  • Romance
  • Contests
  • YOUNG ADULT FICTION
  • Girls & Women
  • Juvenile fiction
  • High school graduates
  • Fiction
  • Social Themes
  • Daredevils
  • Risk-taking (Psychology)
  • Games
  • Competition (Psychology)

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ISBN 9780062014559 · HarperCollins

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