Left Behind: The Kids

The Vanishings (1998)
Author	Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins and Chris Fabry
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Christian / Dystopian fiction
Publisher	Tyndale House
Published	1998–2004
Media type	Print (Paperback)
No. of books	40

Left Behind: The Kids (stylized as 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.^[1] 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.^[2] The series was conceived as a sequence of 48 novellas, but only forty were published.^{[citation needed]}

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. The same flight Rayford was the pilot for.
• 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 — Son of Buck's editor who was taken in the rapture. Lionel is the only character to also appear in the main Left Behind novels.
• Ryan Daley — Initially a non-believer, he was the last of the four main characters to become a believer.

The Kids (1998–2004)

Left Behind: The Kids was published in paperback format. Turtleback Books released library binding editions.

‡ Contains uncredited contributions from Chris Fabry.

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.