‘ONE MINUTE THE teacher was talking about the Civil War.
And the next minute he was gone.
There.
Gone.
No "poof." No flash of light. No explosion.’
This curtain raiser of a beginning is a real kick-off for an action packed novel that will keep you fixated and thoroughly absorbed right through to the very end.
Perdido Beach has been encircled with an impenetrable barrier. Everyone over the age of fourteen disappears. There are no adults, no telephone service and no Internet facility. Chaos and fear abound!!!
What materialises is an isolated city renamed FAYZ or Fallout Alley Youth Zone. Children develop special powers and animals and birds mutate. Amidst all this confusion, Sam appears to have some control...but only just. Caine and his following of bullies from the Coates Academy enter this new world to torment, to rule and to control.
The violence in the book may be a bit overwhelming and disturbing. However the synergies of the peacemakers towards a peaceful adjustment manages to counterbalance this harshness. There is that underlining quality of good versus evil that pervades the book that reminds one of the "The Lord of the Flies" by William Golding where there are no adults to control the anarchy that runs amok.
The last pages leave the reader with a plenitude of questions. It's however a relief to know that 'Hunger' the sequel to 'Gone' has now been published.
By Janice Rodrigues
And the next minute he was gone.
There.
Gone.
No "poof." No flash of light. No explosion.’
This curtain raiser of a beginning is a real kick-off for an action packed novel that will keep you fixated and thoroughly absorbed right through to the very end.
Perdido Beach has been encircled with an impenetrable barrier. Everyone over the age of fourteen disappears. There are no adults, no telephone service and no Internet facility. Chaos and fear abound!!!
What materialises is an isolated city renamed FAYZ or Fallout Alley Youth Zone. Children develop special powers and animals and birds mutate. Amidst all this confusion, Sam appears to have some control...but only just. Caine and his following of bullies from the Coates Academy enter this new world to torment, to rule and to control.
The violence in the book may be a bit overwhelming and disturbing. However the synergies of the peacemakers towards a peaceful adjustment manages to counterbalance this harshness. There is that underlining quality of good versus evil that pervades the book that reminds one of the "The Lord of the Flies" by William Golding where there are no adults to control the anarchy that runs amok.
The last pages leave the reader with a plenitude of questions. It's however a relief to know that 'Hunger' the sequel to 'Gone' has now been published.
By Janice Rodrigues
1 comments:
I agree with what you say and discussed it on my blog (http://bshslibrary.edublogs.org/2009/05/25/gone-by-michael-grant/) . Good to see another opinion and the book is currently moving around our Year 9s. Regards, Shane
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