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Gone

Michael Grant

The first book in the bestselling cult YA thriller series GONE that Stephen King calls a "driving, torrential narrative."

"I am now free to leave the FAYZ, but my time there was well spent." --Stephen King

Welcome to the FAYZ.

In the blink of an eye all the adults disappear in a small town in southern California and no one knows why.

Cut off from the outside world, those that are left are trapped, and there's no help on the way. Sam Temple and his friends must do all they can to survive. Chaos rules the streets. Gangs begin to form. Sides are chosen - strong or weak. Cruel or humane.

And then there are those who begin to develop powers...

The GONE series is Lord of the Flies for the 21st century. In turns breathtaking, harrowing, and utterly terrifying. Its complex characters and moral dilemmas will delight fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent and The Maze Runner. This is dystopian fiction at its best. And if your teenage boys are reluctant to read, this is the series for them!

Have you read all 6 titles in the New York Times bestselling saga?

Gone
Hunger
Lies
Plague
Fear
Light

Book Details

  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Publish Date: Apr 28th, 2009
  • Pages: 576
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.20in - 1.40in - 0.90lb
  • EAN: 9780061448782
  • Recommended age: 14-UP
  • Categories: Science Fiction - Apocalyptic & Post-ApocalypticDystopianSocial Themes - General (see also headings under Family)

About the Author

Grant, Michael: -

Michael Grant, author of the Gone series, the Messenger of Fear series, the Magnificent Twelve series, and the Front Lines trilogy, 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. He lives in California with his wife, Katherine Applegate, with whom he cowrote the wildly popular Animorphs series. You can visit him online at www.themichaelgrant.com and follow him on Twitter @MichaelGrantBks.

Praise for this book

"Extraordinarily skillful pacing, which leaves the reader constantly on the verge of a new discovery." -- KLIATT

"A tour de force that will leave readers dazed, disturbed, and utterly breathless." -- Booklist (starred review)

"If Stephen King had written Lord of the Flies, it might have been a little like this novel." -- Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (starred review)