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.
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]
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.
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.