Gone

Gone

Michael Grant

558 pages

"It's not about who's got powers, morons. It's about who's not afraid. And who's going to do what has to be done."

During a normal day in class, the whole town of Perdido Beach was turned upside down when a mysterious phenomenon occurred, the disappearance of every person fifteen and older. Soon after, Caine, with his band of Coates kids, moves in, taking control of the Perdido Beach kids. Sam has to find a way to stop the Coates kids from attacking, figure out how to use the new power coming from his fingers, and discover a way through the dome surrounding Perdido Beach, all before his fifteenth birthday, when he too risks disappearing. 

When I first started reading this book, it sounded suspiciously like the Left Behind books. Getting into it, though, there were some noticeable differences, namely that all people over fifteen disappeared, and the "super powers" that some of the kids developed. I actually didn't much like this book, but I still can't help that I want to read the next one. I need to find out if the kids escape! 

Pages this Semester: 1663

"If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop the story."

-Orson Welles