The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks
Clearly, the narrator of this book, Linus, didn't see The Silence of the Lambs. If he had, he would not have helped the sketchy looking blind man put something into the back of a van. If I learned anything from that movie, it was that sometimes it doesn't pay to be a good Samaritan. This was one of those times. Linus missed this lesson, helped the blind guy put something in a van, and is promptly knocked out by chloroform.
When he wakes up, he finds himself alone in a six "bedroom" bunker with no food. After a few days, a nine year old girl, Jenny, joins him. She figures out how to get food from their captor, who they never see. A few days after that, a woman, Anja, and a drug addict, Fred, join them. A few days later, a fat, jerky guy, Bird, and after that, Russell.
For months, they are in the bunker. Anytime they try to break out or destroy something, they are punished, usually by loud noise or noxious gasses. As time passes, they get more desperate.
I am going to stop there because I am afraid I will give too much away, and I don't want to ruin this one. This is well written, and well worth the read, if only because I am almost certain that there are places in this world where these things happen.
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