Gone - by Michael Grant (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

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

From the Back Cover

In the blink of an eye.

Everyone disappears.

Gone.

Everyone except for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not a single adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Gone, too, are the phones, internet, and television. There is no way to get help.

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 and war is imminent.

The first in a breathtaking saga about teens battling each other and their darkest selves, gone is a page-turning thriller that will make you look at the world in a whole new way.

Review Quotes

"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)

"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)