Gone

Title: Gone
Author: Michael Grant
Series: Gone
Genre: Young Adult/Science Fiction



Imagine if in the middle of one day, everyone the age of 15 and over just disappeared. "Poofed" right where they were, didn't "die" just poofed. Well, I guess I can't imagine, because I would have poofed too.

That's what happens. One day Sam was sitting in class, the teacher was teaching and then he just wasn't. The worst part about this over 15 poofing? On your birthday when you turn 15 (to the second when you were born) you poof too.

The main kids at Perdido Beach try and put some order together. In the midst of this Caine and his posse from Coates Academy show up in an organized car procession and proceed to take over. He creates his own rules, and delegates jobs. Children are replacing the roles of: Mayor, Fire Chief, Deputy, Caregiver and even someone to run the McDonald's.

Caine runs the city in a very dark, you'll be beaten if you disagree way. There isn't much that anyone can do about it, until they discover "the power." Select children have different abilities. They can suspend gravity, run at a super speed, telekinesis, an ability to shoot green-white light, teleport and others.

Add into the mix talking coyotes, flying snakes and other oddities and you have a world filled with new and strange things. The kids start to fight for control that centers around twin brothers, both with major power. Caine wants a world of fear and punishment, where Sam wants to run things in a nicer way.

It's a race to their 15th Birthday, and the hope that they can beat whatever causes them to poof on that day.

About a year ago I read The Girl Who Owned A City I had anticipated Gone being similar, although I don't think it was too much. Gone had a much more Science Fiction feel to it.

I enjoyed the book overall, but did feel that it was a little repetitive and I felt like it could have been a little shorter. I'm definitely going to move on with the series, I'm highly intrigued with "the darkness" and want to see if what they think caused the disappearance, really did.