Gone
By Michael Grant
(Katherine Tegen Books, Hardcover, 9780061448768, 576pp.)
Publication Date: July 2008
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Paperback
Categories: Action & Adventure - General, Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories, Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
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In the blink of an eye. Everyone disappears. GONE.
Except for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not one single adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no internet, no television. 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 shaping up. Townies against rich kids. Bullies against the weak. Powerful against powerless. And time is running out: On your birthday, you disappear just like everyone else...
Michael Grant has spent much of his life on the move. Raised in a military family, he attended ten schools in five states, as well as three schools in France. Even as an adult he kept moving, and in fact he became a writer in part because it was one of the few jobs that wouldn’t tie him down. His fondest dream is to spend a year circumnavigating the globe and visiting every continent. Yes, even Antarctica. Michael is the author of the bestselling Gone series. He lives in California with his wife, Katherine Applegate, and their two children.
“If Stephen King had written Lord of the Flies, it might have been a a little like this novel.”
-Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (Starred Review)
“A tour de force that will leave readers dazed, disturbed, and utterly breathless.”
-Booklist (starred review)
“Extraordinarily skillful pacing, which leaves the reader constantly on the verge of a new discovery.”
-KLIATT
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