Solitary

I have recently read the book Solitary (the sequel to Lockdown/the second book in the escape from furnace series). It was a weak follow up to the first book. I have read the whole series and the first is by far the most interesting and the best at keeping the reader on the edge of their seat. The second book isn't as good because the original escape from Furnace occurred in the first book and the rest of the series is about the main character Alex's adventure out of the underground prison's surrounding caves.
In Solitary the book starts with Alex leaping into a river completing his escape from the prison. The reason he wanted to escape was obvious but Alex's had a little extra fire fueling him. When he was in court, it wasn't for stealing anything like someone his age would, but for being framed for killing his best friend. The people who set him up were actually from Furnace and they framed him because they needed more kid's to experiment in their secret mutation lab within the jail. No wonder he wanted to get out of there.