50 pages 1 hour read

Suzanne Park

The Perfect Escape

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

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Chapters 27-33

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 27 Summary: “Nate”

Nate searches for his stun gun, but Kate left his pack behind to move more quickly, keeping only his food and water. He decides to throw his and Kate’s shirts at the zombie and light them on fire using Kate’s hand sanitizer and matches. This “kills” the zombie, allowing them to keep moving. When the path ends, they realize that they must jump onto a new cliff, which terrifies Nate further. Their wristbands flash with a notification that only three contestants remain. Behind them is the third: a German man who is approaching quickly. Nate and Kate jump together and make it to the other cliff. Nate apologizes for leaving Kate in the cave. Suddenly, he receives a wristband message from Robbie reminding him that Kate cannot win and that if they both win, they will be disqualified.

Chapter 28 Summary: “Kate”

After the German man jumps, he attacks Kate and tries to rip off her wristband, but Nate tackles him, and the two fight violently. Kate realizes that the man has stolen her mother’s necklace from her neck and desperately tries to get it back. In the struggle, she retrieves the necklace but loses her wristband. The German man tries to get Nate’s band as well, but Kate remembers a Krav Maga move that Nate taught her: a swift kick to the groin.