Gone
By Michael Grant

Gone

By (author) Michael Grant

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In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. GONE. Except for the young. Teen. Tweens. Toddlers. But not one single adult. No teachers, no police, no doctors, no parents. Just as suddenly, no phones, no internet, no TV. No way to get help. And no way to figure out what's happened. Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents - unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers that grow stronger by the day. It's a terrifying new world. Sides are being chosen, a fight is brewing. Townies against rich kids. Bullies against the weak. Powerful against powerless. And time is running out. On your fifteenth birthday, you disappear just like everyone else..

ISBN: 9781405246347
Classification: Science fiction (Children's/YA)
Format: Paperback (216mm x 135mm x mm)
Pages: 576
Publish Date: 6-Apr-2009
Country of Publication: United Kingdom

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4 star rating by CMM - Gone - 4 Stars 05 Dec 2009
The concept of this story is pretty much a large-scale, modern, fantasy/sci-fi version of The Lord of The Flies... but the story itself is way more engaging (in my opinion).

This story takes place in a small town called Perdido Beach. The story is told mainy from the POV of Sam, a fourteen (nearly fifteen) year old surfer who doesn't like to be in the spotlight. He is quite famous throughout the town though, as he once saved a bus-load of kids when the driver had a heart attack.

He is known to be cool in a crisis, a hero, so of course when everyone fifteen and over disappears it is Sam that the kids look to for a plan, for leadership.Being as stunned and scared as everyone else he has nothing to offer, so instead helps his friend Astrid "The Genius" to find her four year old autistic brother, Little Pete.

First of all, I would like to commend Michael Grant for his portrayal of Little Pete. My son is severely autistic and I found Little Pete's behavior to be quite accurate. Apparently Michael Grant's wife, K. A. Applegate (author of the well known Animorphs series, among other things) volunteered with autistic children, so his research came from her.

I also find the way the characters react to all adults disappearing to be pretty realistic. The littlies cry for a long time, some of the older ones cry too, more try to hold it all in, some turn to drugs, one relapses into bulimia and a few find it as their chance to be boss over everybody and show extreme cruelty.

Though the novel tends to get a bit slow at times, I had no problem with the length becoming boring (and it is quite long). Instead I found myself enthralled by the story, wanting to read on as quick as possible in the hope of finding out exactly what is going on here? What did that look mean? How did this happen?

Overall I think that Gone deserves 4 out of 5 stars. I'm keen to read the next book in the series; Hunger.

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