#tbt: Gone by Michael Grant

Image: HarperCollins Publishers

Gone by Michael Grant. 556 p. Gone #1. HarperCollins Publishers, 2008. 

Ugh! forgot to post this on Thursday. 

#tbt features Gone by Michael Grant. The promise of yet another boring day at Perdido High School vanishes along with everyone over the age of fourteen. One minute they were there and the next, poof, gone. At first, the baffled students were gleeful. Yes, no school! They all walked out. Then, reality hit. Cars were crashed in the streets and fires were burning. Who was in charge? How would they survive? Why couldn't they leave town? And, what was up with the powers that many survivors found themselves with?

This series is especially popular among eighth graders. Gone, weighing in at 576 pages is not for the faint-of-heart, but it's plot driven and full of action and suspense. It was published in 2008 and was followed by five sequels plus a "Season Two," which was a trilogy. Happy reading!