Left Behind: The Kids
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
- 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.
- Vicki Byrne Thompson — 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 — Lionel is the only character to appear in the main Left Behind novels.
- Ryan Daley — Initially a non-believer, he was the last of the four main characters to join the Tribulation Force.
''The Kids'' (1998–2004)
| Novella | Date | ISBN | |
| 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! | June 2003 | |
| 30 | Murder in the Holy Place ‡ | June 2003 | |
| 31 | Escape to Masada ‡ | September 2003 | |
| 32 | War of the Dragon ‡ | September 2003 | |
| 33 | Attack on Petra ‡ | January 2004 | |
| 34 | Bounty Hunters ‡ | January 2004 | |
| 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 ‡ |
''The Young Trib Force'' (2003–2005)
Left Behind: The Young Trib Force collections contain 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.| Collection | Date | ISBN | Linked with... | |
| 1 | Taken | October 2003 | Left Behind | |
| 2 | Pursued | October 2003 | Tribulation Force | |
| 3 | Hidden | January 2004 | Nicolae | |
| 4 | Rescued | February 2004 | Soul Harvest | |
| 5 | Stung | July 2004 | Apollyon | |
| 6 | Frantic | July 2004 | Assassins | |
| 7 | Shaken | February 2005 | The Indwelling | |
| 8 | Unmasked | February 2005 | The Mark | |
| 9 | Deceived | April 2005 | Desecration | |
| 10 | Protected | April 2005 | The Remnant | |
| 11 | Hunted | May 2005 | Armageddon | |
| 12 | Arrived | May 2005 | Glorious Appearing |