At the start of The Maze Runner, we start off with Thomas entering the Glade for the first time, as we travel more through the book, we experience Thomas's growth as a leader to the other Gladers and resilience to all the challenges brought to him. At the end of the book, Thomas helps the Gladers escape by bringing his memories back by getting stung by a griever . If you like The Hunger Games book series, the you will like The Maze runner books.