Left Behind: The Kids

Left Behind: The Kids

The Vanishings (1998)
Author	Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins and Chris Fabry
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Christian / Dystopian fiction
Publisher	Tyndale House
Published	1998–2004
Media type	Print (Paperback)
No. of books	40

Left Behind: The Kids (stylized as LEFT BEHIND >THE KIDS<) is a series of young adult speculative fiction novellas based on the Left Behind series, published by Tyndale House from 1998 to 2005. Written by Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye, with uncredited contributions from Chris Fabry, The Kids follows a group of young Christians as they experience the Rapture and Great Tribulation.

The novellas contain elements of science fiction, science fantasy, utopian and dystopian fiction, mystery, and horror, woven within an evangelical narrative.

Dramatizations of the novellas were produced for Christian radio by EarFlix. The series was conceived as a sequence of 48 novellas, but only forty were published.

Characters

Main article: List of Left Behind characters

• Judd Thompson Jr. — On the night on the Rapture, Judd had run away using his father's credit card to book a flight to London. The same flight Rayford was the pilot for.
• Vicki Byrne — Vicki grew up in a trailer park, and hated it because people regularly made fun of her and her family by calling them "Trailer Trash".
• Lionel Washington — Son of Buck's editor who was taken in the rapture. Lionel is the only character to also appear in the main Left Behind novels.
• Ryan Daley — Initially a non-believer, he was the last of the four main characters to become a believer.

The Kids (1998–2004)

Left Behind: The Kids was published in paperback format. Turtleback Books released library binding editions.

No.	Novella	Date	ISBN
1	The Vanishings	July 1998
2	Second Chance
3	Through the Flames
4	Facing the Future
5	Nicolae High	September 1999
6	The Underground
7	Busted!	March 2000
8	Death Strike
9	The Search	July 2000
10	On the Run
11	Into the Storm	November 2000
12	Earthquake!
13	The Showdown	February 2001
14	Judgment Day
15	Battling the Commander	June 2001
16	Fire from Heaven
17	Terror in the Stadium	October 2001
18	Darkening Skies
19	Attack of Apollyon	March 2002
20	A Dangerous Plan
21	Secrets of New Babylon	July 2002
22	Escape from New Babylon
23	Horsemen of Terror	October 2002
24	Uplink from the Underground
25	Death at the Gala	March 2003
26	The Beast Arises
27	Wildfire!	May 2003
28	The Mark of the Beast
29	Breakout!	June 2003
30	Murder in the Holy Place
31	Escape to Masada	September 2003
32	War of the Dragon
33	Attack on Petra	January 2004
34	Bounty Hunters
35	The Rise of False Messiahs	May 2004
36	Ominous Choices
37	Heat Wave	August 2004
38	The Perils of Love
39	The Road to War	September 2004
40	Triumphant Return

The Young Trib Force (2003–2005)

Left Behind: The Young Trib Force is a series of bind up volumes. New material by Chris Fabry links each volume to a novel in the main series.

‡ Includes uncredited contributions from Chris Fabry.

Vol.	Bind up	Includes...	Date	ISBN	Linked with...
1	Taken	The Vanishings	October 2003		Left Behind (1995)
		Second Chance
		Through the Flames
		Facing the Future
2	Pursued	Nicolae High			Tribulation Force (1996)
		The Underground ‡
		Busted! ‡
		Death Strike ‡
3	Hidden	The Search ‡	January 2004		Nicolae (1997)
		On the Run
		Into the Storm ‡
		Earthquake! ‡
4	Rescued	The Showdown ‡	February 2004		Soul Harvest (1998)
		Judgment Day ‡
		Battling the Commander ‡
		Fire from Heaven ‡
5	Stung	Terror in the Stadium ‡	July 2004		Apollyon (1999)
		Darkening Skies ‡
		Attack of Apollyon
6	Frantic	A Dangerous Plan ‡			Assassins (1999)
		Secrets of New Babylon
		Escape from New Babylon ‡
7	Shaken	Horsemen of Terror ‡	February 2005		The Indwelling (2000)
		Uplink from the Underground ‡
		Death at the Gala ‡
8	Unmasked	The Beast Arises ‡			The Mark (2000)
		Wildfire! ‡
		The Mark of the Beast ‡
9	Deceived	Breakout!	April 2005		Desecration (2001)
		Murder in the Holy Place ‡
		Escape to Masada ‡
10	Protected	War of the Dragon ‡			The Remnant (2002)
		Attack on Petra ‡
		Bounty Hunters ‡
11	Hunted	The Rise of False Messiahs	May 2005		Armageddon (2002)
		Ominous Choices ‡
		Heat Wave ‡
12	Arrived	The Perils of Love ‡			Glorious Appearing (2004)
		The Road to War ‡
		Triumphant Return ‡

See also

• Vanished – Left Behind: Next Generation – 2016 film directed by Larry A. McLean