Left Behind: The Kids

Left Behind: The Kids is a series of young adult speculative fiction novellas based on the Left Behind adult series written by Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye, and Chris Fabry.

In this series focused on young adults, the Rapture and the Tribulation are seen through the eyes of four young friends, Judd Thompson Jr., Vicki Byrne, Lionel Washington, and Ryan Daley. As the world falls in around them, they band together to find faith and fight the evil forces that threaten their lives.

Compilations of the novellas were made and were originally called Left Behind: The Young Trib Force. These collections contained three or four novellas each. New material written by Chris Fabry linking each collection to a novel in the main series is also included. Several collections include extensive corrections to the original text intended to resolve inconsistent character and place names, and inconsistent dates and times.

List of novellas

1. The Vanishings
2. Second Chance
3. Through the Flames
4. Facing the Future
5. Nicolae High
6. The Underground
7. Busted!
8. Death Strike
9. The Search
10. On the Run
11. Into the Storm
12. Earthquake!
13. The Showdown
14. Judgment Day
15. Battling the Commander
16. Fire from Heaven
17. Terror in the Stadium
18. Darkening Skies
19. Attack of Apollyon
20. A Dangerous Plan
21. Secrets of New Babylon
22. Escape from New Babylon
23. Horsemen of Terror
24. Uplink from the Underground
25. Death at the Gala
26. The Beast Arises
27. Wildfire!
28. The Mark of the Beast
29. Breakout!
30. Murder in the Holy Place
31. Escape to Masada
32. War of the Dragon
33. Attack on Petra
34. Bounty Hunters
35. The Rise of False Messiahs
36. Ominous Choices
37. Heat Wave
38. The Perils of Love
39. The Road to War
40. Triumphant Return

List of compilations

1. Taken (Left Behind: The Kids) contains books 1-4 with background plots from Left Behind.
2. Pursued (Left Behind: The Kids) contains books 5-8 with background plots from Tribulation Force.
3. Hidden (Left Behind: The Kids) contains books 9-12 with background plots from Nicolae.
4. Rescued (Left Behind: The Kids) contains books 13-16 with background plots from Soul Harvest.
5. Stung (Left Behind: The Kids) contains books 17-19 with background plots from Apollyon.
6. Frantic (Left Behind: The Kids) contains books 20-22 with background plots from Assassins.
7. Shaken (Left Behind: The Kids) contains books 23-25 with background plots from The Indwelling.
8. Unmasked (Left Behind: The Kids) contains books 26-28 with background plots from The Mark.
9. Deceived (Left Behind: The Kids) contains books 29-31 with background plots from Desecration.
10. Protected (Left Behind: The Kids) contains books 32-34 with background plots from The Remnant.
11. Hunted (Left Behind: The Kids) contains books 35-37 with background plots from Armageddon.
12. Arrived (Left Behind: The Kids) contains books 38-40 with background plots from Glorious Appearing.

Related works

LaHaye and Jenkins, along with Chris Fabry, in 2000 wrote A Kids Guide to Understanding the End Times, which helps readers of the series help understand the end times events, similar to Are we living in the end times? by the original authors.

Trivia

• Only six prominent characters from this series appeared in the adult Left Behind series. They are Lionel Washington, Sam Goldberg, Conrad Graham, Darrion Stahley, Josey Fogarty, and Charlie.
• Judd Thompson Jr. and Vicki Byrne Thompson are the only characters to have POVs in all 40 books.
• Judd, Vicki, and Lionel Washington are the only three characters to appear in all 40 books.
• Judd and Vicki are considered to be the main protagonists of this series.
• Judd Thompson Jr., Vicki Byrne Thompson, Lionel Washington, Ryan Daley, Chaya Stein, Darrion Stahley, Conrad Graham, John Preston, Mark Eisman, Carl Meninger, Natalie Bishop, Sam Goldberg, Mitchell Stein, Chang Wong, and Phoenix are the only characters to have POVs in this series.
• Chang Wong, Mitchell Stein, and Phoenix are the only three characters to have POVs in this series that are not members of the Young Tribulation Force.
• Of all the movies that have currently been made about the Left Behind franchise, only one has been made that was loosely related to the Kids series.