Maze runner vs Spud

In the book the maze runner there is a boy named Thomas who was forced to go into the maze. It is almost the same story as in SPUD. There is a boy named spud and his parents forced him to go to boarding school. That's a simularity right there, they are both forced to go to a place they don't want to be. Also in both books a girl show up and Thomas and SPUD like the girl that show up in there book. That's just two of multiple similarities.