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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

GONE - Michael Grant


book contains violence

One reviewer said it best "If Stephen King had written LORD OF THE FLIES, it might have been a little like this..." I remember reading Lord of the flies like a hundred years ago, but I don't remember loving it. Gone was very interesting. You have your reluctant hero, your psychopath bully, your loner turned McDonalds worker winner. oh yeah and throw in a little x-men to make this book totally awesome. I had to keep reminding myself that these were 15 and under kids! But you have to think what would you have done at 15, if every adult disappeared and things needed taken care of, AND some kids had special powers? Oh YEAH and animals are mutating.. I'm referring to the talking Coyotes.

In the book every person in a 20 mile radius over 15 disappears. And the kids left behind have to figure out how to cope and survive. Can't wait for book 2 'Hunger'

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