GONE is a popular YA dystopia by author Michael Grant.
The storyline has teens isolated in a giganic bubble. All adults
have vanished and there is a dark power at work. Some of the teens
remain as they were, however others develop special abilities.
Bullying and power plays are a natural consequence as hunger, fear, and
eventually disease wrack the community.
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Gone
In
the blink of an eye every adult vanishes. Thus this particular
dystopia begins not with a bang, nor with a rampant disease, but with
just an absence. And if that's not bad enough all phones, internet,
and television are gone too!
Reading Information:
Word Count: 127,678
Page Count: 576
Accelerated Reading level: 4.3 / points: 18.0
AR quiz: 124168
Lexile: 620L
--sample pages available
- Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Hunger #2
It's been three months since all the adults disappeared.
Starvation
is imminent and this leads to social unrest with murderous results.
And to make matters worse, an evil creature begins to call some of the
teens, manipulating them.
Word Count: 133,597
Page Count: 608
Accelerated Reading level: 4.0 / points: 19.0
AR quiz: 131195
--sample pages available
Lies #3
It's
been seven months since all the adults disappeared. Perdido Beach
burns and battles rage between multiple groups. Rumor has it that death
is a way to escape the FAYZ. But will kids believe that?
Word Count: 94,917
Page Count: 464
Accelerated Reading level: 3.9 / points: 13.0
AR quiz: 137845
Lexile: 550L
--sample pages available
Plague #4
It's
been eight months since all the adults disappeared and hunger and lies
have started a devastation that only plague can make worse.
Word Count: 105,525
Page Count: 528
Accelerated Reading level: 4.1 / points: 15.0
AR quiz: 145002
--sample pages available
Fear #5
It's been one year since all the adults disappeared and fear becomes the teens biggest enemy. And they have lots to fear.
Word Count: 113,044
Page Count: 528
Accelerated Reading level: 4.3 / points: 16.0
AR quiz: 151126
--sample pages available
The gaiaphage has been reborn as Diana's malicious mutant daughter, Gaia. And to get to an end long-standing enemies must become allies.
Word Count: 92,170
Page Count: 576
Accelerated Reading level: 4.6 / points: 13.0
AR quiz: 158433
--sample pages available
compiled by GoodBooksforKids
Updated August 2013)