Book 1: Gone
Grade 7 Up."One minute the teacher was talking about the Civil War.
And the next minute he was gone." Just vanished.along with everyone
else over the age of 13 in a 20-mile radius around Perdido Beach, CA.
The children left behind find themselves battling hunger, fear, and
one another in a novel strongly reminiscent of William Golding's Lord
of the Flies. Things go from bad to worse when some of the children
begin exhibiting strange powers, animals show signs of freakish mutations,
and people disappear as soon as they turn 14. Gone is a gripping and
gritty read with enough creepy gruesomeness to satisfy readers who have
a taste for the macabre. Give this one to the readers who aren't quite
ready for Stephen King or Dean Koontz.. Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage
Public Library, AK
Book 2: Hunger
Grade 7 Up.In the second in a planned six-book series, the children of
Perdito Beach, CA, have survived without adults for three months
following the FAYZ, a nuclear event that caused everyone over the age
of 14 to vanish and an impenetrable barrier to rise for 20 miles around
the town. Now their food is almost gone, and in their desperation and
fear, the young people are beginning to sort themselves into factions;
those without special powers opposing those who have them. To add to
the suspense, a terrifying presence that calls itself the Gaiaphage,
a being of overwhelming hunger, is insinuating itself into the minds
of the susceptible. Like Gone (HarperTeen, 2008), this novel is not for
the faint of heart or weak of stomach. Nonstop action and recurring
scenes of graphic violence, death, and torture will keep readers on
the edge of their seats as they race toward the climactic cliff-hanger
ending. Give this to teens who liked Stephen King's The Stand
(Doubleday, 1990) or William Golding's Lord of the Flies (Penguin, 1959).
Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK
Book 3: Lies
Shortly after the world-changing events of Gone (2008) and Hunger (2009),
the young residents of the FAYZ face ominous new threats, including
a death-obsessed cult leader and the resurrection of a buried girl.
And remember Drake the Whip Hand? Yeah, he might be back, too. Grant
continues to hurtle through an endlessly fascinating (and increasingly
grim) story line; his chief achievement, though, is how the X-Men.style
powers of his cast never overwhelm the mournful realization that their
world is slowly degenerating into brutality. The vast array of characters
will challenge newcomers; fans, though, will go bonkers. Grades 6-9.
Book 4: Plague
It's been eight months since all the adults disappeared. Gone. They've
survived hunger. They've survived lies. But the stakes keep rising, and
the dystopian horror keeps building. Yet despite the simmering unrest
left behind by so many battles, power struggles, and angry divides,
there is a momentary calm in Perdido Beach. But enemies in the FAYZ
don't just fade away, and in the quiet, deadly things are stirring,
mutating, and finding their way free. The Darkness has found its way
into the mind of its Nemesis at last and is controlling it through
a haze of delirium and confusion. A highly contagious, fatal illness
spreads at an alarming rate. Sinister, predatory insects terrorize
Perdido Beach. And Sam, Astrid, Diana, and Caine are plagued by
a growing doubt that they'll escape.or even survive.life in the FAYZ.
With so much turmoil surrounding them, what desperate choices will they
make when it comes to saving themselves and those they love? Plague,
Michael Grant's fourth book in the bestselling Gone series, will satisfy
dystopian fans of all ages.
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