Gone Series

This young-adult dystopian science fiction series plunges readers into a world where all adults have vanished, leaving children and teenagers to forge their own society. Encounter characters battling for survival, power, and the future in an isolated environment where supernatural abilities begin to emerge. Each installment explores themes of courage, betrayal, and the perils of unchecked power as the young protagonists strive to understand and control their newfound strengths.

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Gone
Michael Grant
559 pages
20 hours of reading
'One minute, the teacher was there, the next, he was gone. There. Gone.' In the blink of an eye all the adults disappear in a small town in southern California and no one knows why. First a car crash; a house up in flames; then a complete communication meltdownaSuddenly cut off from the outside world, those that are left are trapped, and there's no help on the way. They must do all they can to survive. Chaos rules the streets. Gangs begin to form. Sides are chosen - strong or weak. Cruel or humane. A new world order is rising, and, even scarier, some survivors have power - power that no one has ever seen beforea
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3.9
Hunger
Michael Grant
601 pages
22 hours of reading
For the 'normals' the buck must stop somewhere - with the 'freaks'.More and more kids are developing strange powers and, just as frightingly, so are the animals in the FAYZ: talking coyotes, swimming bats and deadly worms with razor-sharp teeth are just the beginning. For Sam Temple the strain of leadership is beginning to show and he's got more that just dwindling rations and in-fighting to worry about. Caine is back with the psychotic whiphand, Drake, by his side. And in the background lies the greatest danger of all - and he needs to be fed.
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4.1
Lies
Michael Grant
A deadly, flulike epidemic and a plague of flesh-eating creatures threaten the lives of the children at Perdido Beach while Sam, Astrid, Caine, and Diana each struggle with doubts and uncertainties.
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4.0
Plague
Michael Grant
A blood-pumping, white-knuckle sci-fi thriller of epic proportions. The FAYZ goes from bad to worse . . .The darkness has been foiled once again and the resurrected Drake has been contained. But the streets of Perdido Beach are far from safe, with a growing army of mutants fighting against the humans for power in the town. In a small room of a house near the edge of town Little Pete Lies ill on a bed. In his fevered dreams he continues his battle with the hidden evil that seeks to use his power to bring about anarchy and destruction.
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4.2
Gone - 4: Plaag
Michael Grant
400 pages
14 hours of reading
Perdido Beach is al maandenlang afgesloten van de buitenwereld door een ondoordringbare muur. Alle volwassenen zijn verdwenen en de overgebleven kinderen zijn op zichzelf aangewezen. Als er een tekort aan drinkwater dreigt, gaat Sam op zoek naar water. Ondertussen breekt er een angstaanjagende griep uit en er duiken dodelijke insecten op. Dan stuurt de Duisternis nog een plaag: een leger van reusachtige kakkerlakken onder leiding van de duivelse Drake, met het doel iedereen in Perdido Beach uit te roeien. Langzamerhand wordt het iedereen duidelijk dat maar een persoon de plaag kan stoppen: kleine Pete, het autistische broertje van Astrid, maar hij is doodziek. Als het insectenleger steeds dichterbij komt, staat Astrid voor een onmogelijke keuze.
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Fear
Michael Grant
As the young residents of Perdido Beach begin to better comprehend the truths of who they are and their relationships to one another, the Darkness finds a new way to be born, bringing their understanding of fear to a new level.
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4.2
Light
Michael Grant
Suddenly it's a world without adults and normal has crashed and burned. When life as you know it ends at 15, everything changes ... Answers to every mystery of the FAYZ are revealed, unexpected heroes emerge as sacrifices are made, and the Darkness is finally conquered by a force even more powerful than itself in this conclusion to the Gone series.
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4.4
Gone - 6: Licht
Michael Grant
365 pages
13 hours of reading
De koepel die de FAKZ al maandenlang van de buitenwereld afsluit, lijkt zijn langste tijd te hebben gehad. De kinderen van Perdido Beach kunnen de buitenwereld zien, en de buitenwereld ziet hen. Niemand weet wat er precies aan de hand is, maar iedere beweging binnen de koepel wordt geregistreerd door tv-cameras. Intussen proberen Sam en zijn mede-overlevenden nog altijd te ontkomen aan de brute moordlust en manipulaties van de Duisternis. Kunnen zij de FAKZ ten einde brengen en de Duisternis verslaan? Hoop op een goede afloop lijkt dichterbij dan ooit, maar of dit terecht is?
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