Steel Trapp: The Challenge

First edition cover
Author	Ridley Pearson
Audio read by	William Dufris
Publisher	Disney
Publication date	March 2008
ISBN	1-4231-0640-7
Followed by	Steel Trapp: The Academy (2010)

Steel Trapp: The Challenge is a 2008 young adult thriller novel by American author Ridley Pearson,^[1][2][3] published by Disney Editions in the United States and distributed to Canada.^[4] It is also published in the United Kingdom by Quercus under the shortened title Steel Trapp.^{[citation needed]} The audiobook rendition was narrated by William Dufris.^[5]

The next book in the series is Steel Trapp: The Academy (2010).

Steven "Steel" Trapp is travelling across the country to compete in a science challenge in Washington D.C., but when a mysterious woman gets off the train and leaves her suitcase, the adventure begins. Chasing the woman and piecing together the mystery in the suitcase, Steel discovers the unimaginable.

A human life is at stake. The FBI are on his heels. An international terrorist is coming to get him. And the lottery is going to be foiled. With the aid of his geeky friend, Kaileigh, Steel has to save the country, and his own skin, before it's too late.

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