Book 5: Gone

Gone by Michael Grant is the fifth book I have read for the #50BookPlegde so far this year.

This is a novel for youth. One day, all adults vanish at the exact same time. Everyone over the age of 14 just poofs! Kids are left to fend for themselves in what becomes knows at the FAYZ - Fallout Alley Youth Zone, so named as the community centres around a nuclear power plant.

The idea behind this book is intriguing. However, as the book progresses, weird animal mutations begin to occur allowing coyotes to talk to humans and kids to be healed with replacement arms that are like whips. This book is the first in a series and I am not hooked enough to learn what happens next even though the ending is a cliff hanger and obviously set up for a sequel.

I will recommend this book to kids in my sixth grade class who like The Hunger Games and Divergent (although I don't think this book lives up to those series). I will be interested to hear what the kids think about Gone.