Waiting on Wednesday (1): Trapped by Michael Northrop

Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by Breaking the Spine to highlight upcoming releases we're awaiting! This is my first one, and it's already so hard to pick just one!
Trapped by Michael Northrop
Pub. Date: Feb. 2011

The day the blizzard started, no one knew that it was going to keep snowing for a week. That for those in its 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. 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...