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Gone Series: Book 1

Gone (2008) (edit title/settings)

by Michael Grant (Author) (edit contributors)

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One average day, everyone the age of 15 and older disappears. They are gone. And just as suddenly, phones don't work, the internet goes down, the television goes fuzzy. There's no way to figure out what's happened, no way to get help. Bullies rule. Rules are broken and made. A sinister... read more

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The story takes place somewhere in Perdido Beach, CA. One day, Sam was falling asleep in class when his teacher suddenly disappeared. No poof, cloud of dust, or explosion The same thing happened to all the people over the age of fifteen! Some kids find that they have been developing super... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

The story takes place somewhere in Perdido Beach, CA. One day, Sam was falling asleep in class when his teacher suddenly disappeared. No poof, cloud of dust, or explosion The same thing happened to all the people over the age of fifteen! Some kids find that they have been developing super powers for a while and have trouble controlling them. Times are tough until a kid from a school for sicko kids takes over. He organizes everything into a disaster that Sam, Astrid, and Quinn have to fix to save the town.

Characters edit see section history

  • Sam Temple: A Boy from Perdido Beach. Main character to the story. Discovers long before the FAYZ that he has the power to create deadly, burning beams of light from his hands. Has never known his father, and later discovers that Caine is his twin brother. Has a strong love connection with Astrid. Manages to resit the mysterious monster who 'poofs' people and survives his 15th birthday.
  • Astrid Ellison: Sam's love interest, and the brains of the Perdido Beach kids. Also known as 'Astrid the Genius'. She may have some powers, not yet understood by anyone. Is always close to Sam and her autistic younger brother, Pete.
  • Caine Soren: The leader of the kids at Coates Academy, the boarding school not far from Perdido Beach, and attempts to take control of the whole FAYZ. Later revealed as Sam Temple's twin brother, has incredible powers of telekines and is feared by many. Is the first one to discover how to beat the 'poof', and stays along with Sam after their 15th birthday.
  • Drake: Drake is a disturbed child with mental issues. He enjoys inflicting pain on others and find pleasure in death and hell-like places. He gets one of his arms burned off and replaced by inhuman-like whip arm. Everyone is afraid of him.
  • Lana Arwen Lazar: Comes to Perdido Beach to visit her grandfather before the FAYZ. Has a dog named Patrick. Was in a truck when everyone 'poofed' and this lead to Lana being in a car accident, leaving her hurt in the middle of the desert. She found that she can heal herself and others by touching them. she is very key to the story. 'The Darkness' gives Drake his whip-arm through Lana.
  • Diana Ladris: Caine's "Girlfriend". Has power to read others' power levels.
  • Howard Bassem: Orc's right hand man. (no powers) Is not very well like amongst others, yet is not completely bad.
  • Edilio Escobar: A Honduran boy who is new to Perdido Beach. Has no powers, but is good with tools and machinery. Is strong, determined and kind. Has a small crush on Lana.
  • Patrick: Lana's Dog -a labrador. He is kind, brave, and loyal.
  • Albert: Runs the McDonalds in Perdido Beach. Doesn't have any powers but helps a lot organizing the food for everyone.
  • Mary Terifino: Also known as Mother Mary, she is head of the day care center and looks after the young children with her brother John. She has no powers. Has problems with anorexia and is very hard working and caring.
  • Petey/ Little Pete: Astrid's highly autistic younger brother, who is never aware of what is going on and is constantly on his Gameboy. Is the most powerful mutant in the FAYZ, being able to teleport himself and others and do other things not yet discovered. He is thought to have caused the FAYZ and all the adults to disappear when he was scared at the power plant. Very significant character.
  • Andrew: One of the Coates kids. Develops the power of a sonic blast, is experimented on by Caine and his followers on his 15th birthday and helps them discover why people disappear.
  • Quinn Gaither: Sam Temple's best friend, is loyal and kind. Has no powers, but is brave and helping.
  • Orc: An 8th grade bully at Perdido Beach, though is feared by those older than him. Is not very bright, and always had Howard near him. Is later chewed up by coyotes, near to death, but somehow regenerates his lost body parts with a strange gravel-like substance that soon takes over his whole body, turning him into an indestructible stone monster.
  • Elwood: Dahra's boyfriend who works in the hospital with her.
  • Dahra: The head of the hospital and takes care of the injured before Lana arrives and uses her healing power to help out. She has no power. Is helped by her boyfriend Elwood.
  • Chaz: One of Orc's thugs.
  • Panda: One of Orc's thugs.
  • Scott: The boy with a power to create light in a panic.
  • Grandpa Luke: Lana's Grandfather, teleported out of the FAYZ early on.
  • Mallet: One of Orc's followers.
  • kenny, cartman, kyle and stan: I did a doodie
  • Little Pete: Astrid's younger brother who is autistic. He has the ability to transport. he cant really talk and communicate to anyone, bad temper, very important character
  • Cookie: One of Orcs thugs, shoulder gets badly injured when crucifix in the church falls on him. Is cared for by Dahra and later healed by Lana.
  • Anna: A twin to Emma who disappears holding Sam's hand, terrified.
  • Emma: Twin to Anna first to disappear between the two of them, she is tempted into the void, nice person
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “I had a polynomial once. My doctor removed it”
    Quinn
  • “That’s your solution? Have a cookie?" "No, my solution is to run down to the beach and hide out until this is over, … but a cookie never hurts.”
    Astrid and Sam Temple
  • “Yeah I remember. Roosevelt. The Great Depression. Sometimes, if I really strain my brain, I can even do multiplication.”
    Sam Temple
  • “He poofed!”
    Quinn
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  • Everyone was just killing time. But if all they did was kill time, time would end up killing them.
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  • “Let me guess: you’re secretly a wizard who was raised by muggles.”
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  • “A bunch of uranium and one dude’s bones,” Quinn said. “Welcome to Perdido Beach, where our slogan is ‘Radiation? What radiation?’”
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  • ‘ninth graders with machine guns’ isn’t exactly followed by ‘have a nice day.’”
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  • Fear could be dangerous. Fear could get people hurt. And there was nothing but fear running crazy through the school.
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  • “You can’t summon fear whenever you need it, Sam. But anger is fear aimed outward. Anger is easy.”
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  • “I can’t kiss you with your little brother watching,” he said. Astrid stepped back, took Little Pete by the shoulders, and turned him so he was facing away. “How about now?”
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  • It happened again last night. I wish I could take this to G. But she’ll think I’m crazy. I could lose my job. She’ll think I’m on drugs. If I had a way to put cameras all over, I could get some proof. But I have no proof,
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  • and C’s “mother” is rich and generous to CA. I’d be out the door. Even if I tell someone the whole truth, they’ll just put me down as an overwrought mother. Sooner or later, C or one of the others will do something serious. Someone will get hurt. Just like S with T. Maybe I’ll confront C. I don’t think he’ll confess. Would it make any difference if he knew everything?
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  • Nazgul. Drake cinched
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

The FAYZ
  • Perdido Beach: The town from which all the adults disappear and is surrounded by the "FAYZ" (Fallout Alley Youth Zone) wall. There was also a nuclear fallout in this town 15 years ago.
  • The Power Plant: Center of the FAYZ.
  • Coates Academy: A private school which houses children with problems and rich parents.
  • Hermit Jim's property: a home where a hermit lived away from everybody.
  • Mine: Where the darkness lives

Organizations edit see section history

  • The FAYZ: A group of kids, The Fallout Alley Youth Zone, who join together when everyone dissapears. People call the situation in general the FAYZ.

First Sentence edit see section history

One minute the teacher was talking about the Civil War.

Table of Contents edit see section history

ONE: 299 Hours, 54 Minutes
TWO: 298 Hours, 38 Minutes
THREE: 298 Hours, 05 Minutes
FOUR: 297 Hours, 40 Minutes
FIVE: 291 Hours, 07 Minutes
SIX: 290 Hours, 07 Minutes
SEVEN: 289 Hours, 45 Minutes
EIGHT: 287 Hours, 27 Minutes
NINE: 277 Hours, 06 Minutes
TEN: 274 Hours, 27 Minutes
ELEVEN: 273 Hours, 39 Minutes
TWELVE: 272 Hours, 47 Minutes
THIRTEEN:258 Hours, 59 Minutes
FOURTEEN: 255 Hours, 42 Minutes
FIFTEEN: 251 Hours, 32 Minutes
SIXTEEN: 171 Hours, 12 Minutes
SEVENTEEN: 169 Hours, 18 Minutes
EIGHTEEN: 164 Hours, 32 Minutes
NINETEEN: 132 Hours, 46 Minutes
TWENTY: 131 Hours, 03 Minutes
TWENTY-ONE: 129 Hours, 34 Minutes
TWENTY-TWO: 128 Hours, 32 Minutes
TWENTY-THREE: 128 Hours, 22 Minutes
TWENTY-FOUR: 127 Hours, 45 Minutes
TWENTY-FIVE: 127 Hours, 43 Minutes
TWENTY-SIX: 126 Hours, 10 Minutes
TWENTY-SEVEN: 125 Hours, 57 Minutes
TWENTY-EIGHT: 123 Hours, 52 Minutes
TWENTY-NINE: 113 Hours, 33 Minutes
THIRTY: 108 Hours, 12 Minutes
THIRTY-ONE: 100 Hours, 13 Minutes
THIRTY-TWO: 97 Hours, 43 Minutes
THIRTY-THREE: 88 Hours, 24 Minutes
THIRTY-FOUR: 87 Hours, 46 Minutes
THIRTY-FIVE: 86 Hours, 11 Minutes
THIRTY-SIX: 84 Hours, 41 Minutes
THIRTY-SEVEN: 79 Hours, 00 Minutes
THIRTY-EIGHT: 74 Hours, 10 Minutes
THIRTY-NINE: 36 Hours, 37 Minutes
FOURTY: 26 Hours, 47 Minutes
FOURTY-ONE: 03 Hours, 15 Minutes
FOURTY-TWO: 02 Hours, 23 Minutes
FOURTY-THREE: 02 Hours, 22 Minutes
FOURTY-FOUR: 01 Hours, 06 Minutes
FOURTY-FIVE: 14 Minutes
FOURTY-SIX: 01 Minutes
FINAL

Glossary edit see section history

  • FAYZ: Fallout Alley Youth Zone.

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

  • Survival: The kids of Perdido Beach have to survive on their own when everyone over age 15 disappears.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 6 in Gone Series. (standard series)

Followed by Hunger.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Michael Grant (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper Teen
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 24, 2008
ISBN: 1405242345
Page Count: 576

Classification edit see section history

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

This book has some intense scenes in it. Grim and disturbing. Not for YAs that frighten easily.The rest of the series continues with some violent behaviour from some of the young adults in the story. As an adult I enjoyed this book but I am not sure I would want anyone in my family younger than about 13 reading this material.

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