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Gone

Michael Grant

2008558 pagesabout 9–13 hours
2008
first published
  • 2006duno
  • 2008Electronic Monkey
  • 2008HarperTeen · 558 pages · ENGISBN 9780061448768
  • 2009HarperCollins · ENGISBN 9780061909634
  • 2009HarperTeen · 558 pages
  • 2008HarperTeen · 576 pages · ENGISBN 9780061448775

In the blink of an eye. Everyone disappears.Gone.Everyone except for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not a single adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Gone, too, are the phones, internet, and television. There is no way to get help.Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents—unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers—that grow stronger by the day.It's a terrifying new world. Sides are being chosen and war is imminent.The first in a breathtaking saga about teens battling each other and their darkest selves, gone is a page-turning thriller that will make you look at the world in a whole new way.

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