MICHAEL GRANT'S NEW NOVEL 'GONE'

Last updated: Wednesday, May 14, 2008

MICHAEL GRANT'S NEW NOVEL 'GONE'

GONE is the first gripping novel in a six-book series from HarperTeen in which everyone over the age of fourteen disappears in a flash. The novel will be available on sale 6/24/08.

“This intense, marvelously plotted, paced, and characterized story will immediately garner comparisons to Lord of the Flies, or even the long-playing world shifts of Stephen King, with just a dash of X-Men for good measure. A potent mix of action and thoughtfulness—centered around good and evil, courage and cowardice—renders this a tour-de-force that will leave readers dazed, disturbed, and utterly breathless. Grant’s novel is presumably the first in a series, and while many will want to scream when they find out the end is not the end, they’ll be glad there’s more in store.” — Booklist (starred review)

“If Stephen King had written Lord of the Flies it might have been a little like this novel. It is difficult to say what element of the book is the most unnerving. Is it the original, unexplainable event that is continuing to cause animal and human mutation? Or is it that a few, inexperienced teens are forced into creating a new world order out of anarchy? Complex issues, from peer pressure to the science of nuclear power, are addressed with the teen audience in mind. The author is an old hand at crating long-running series books. This reader is excited to see where he will take her with this new series.” — VOYA (starred review)

Synopsis: In a flash, your life can change forever…
Something bizarre has happened in the town of San Perdido. In a flash, everyone over the age of fourteen has disappeared. Poof. Gone. A strange impenetrable force field encircles the town, and as the stranded kids struggle to survive on their own, they discover that some of them are developing new talents—unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers—that grow stronger by the day. And unfortunately, not all the kids with these new-found powers are good…

Book Description
In the blink of an eye. Everyone disappears. GONE.
Except for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not one single adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no internet, no television. No way to get help. And no way to figure out what’s happened.

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, a fight is shaping up. Townies against rich kids. Bullies against the weak. Powerful against powerless. And time is running out: On your birthday, you disappear just like everyone else…

Author Bio
Michael Grant is the cocreator and coauthor of the science fiction publishing phenomenon Animorphs and the Everworld series. He lives in Chapel Hill , North Carolina , with his wife, Katherine Applegate, and their two children.

Source: Specialopsmedia.com

| Wednesday, May 14, 2008

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