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    Gone (Paperback) By (author) Michael Grant

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    Short Description for GoneIn the blink of an eye, the world changes. The adults vanish without a trace, and those left must do all they can to survive. For Sam and Astrid, it is a race against time as they try to solve the questions that now dominate their lives. What is the mysterious wall that has encircled the town of Perdido Beach and trapped everyone within?
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    R.E.Franks I love this book. I own all of the books so far except Plague and I am waiting patiently for Fear that is supposed to come out in the next couple of months!!!!
    Anyone who likes Sci-fi stuff will love this book. I basicaly became a hermit while reading this and locked myself in my room and didn't let myself out until I was done. I started to read it because my frien recommended it to me.
    Thinking that this was just going to be an average book, I got it from the library. But....once I had read one chapter, I was down to the local bookstore and I bought it. You have to own these books to really love them. Once you start to read, you can never stop. I agree immensly with Stephen King-"A high tension story told in a driving, torrential narrative that never lets up."
    Anyone who doesn't like this book doesn't like to read and likes to see the movie of books instead of reading the book itself. by R.E.Franks

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    Gone = 4 Stars4

    Amy Mansell 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 humble 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 well-known 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 brother 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. by Amy Mansell

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