Things aren’t getting any easier in the FAYZ (Fall-out Alley Youth Zone) since the big Thanksgiving Battle against Caine and the other Coates Academy kids. In fact, everything seems to be going from bad to worse. Sam, the appointed leader of Perdido Beach, is feeling the pressure of all the day to day decisions. The biggest problem that everyone is facing is starvation. With the fear and confusion that followed the disappearance of everyone 15 and over, the kids that were left did what they wanted – including eating what they wanted. Nothing was done to preserve food for the future, so meats and vegetables went bad, leaving food in short supply. The kids in Perdido Beach and Coates Academy are left eating what canned food is left. One day it might be asparagus for breakfast, wax beans for lunch, and hot dog relish for dinner. No one is in good spirits and when Caine recovers from his encounter with The Darkness and makes another move for power, things only get worse.
Sam is suffering from all the stress, Little Pete’s powers are getting scarier every day, some of the kids that haven’t developed powers are beginning to start trouble, and important people are switching sides. Danger is at its all time high. Death seems imminent.
Michael Grant has produced a very satisfying sequel. The tension and excitement in the story is palpable. Character development continues to be a strong point. The new characters that are introduced add to the plot, but our favorites from GONE continue to play a large role in the story. HUNGER is the second book in a six-part series. Michael Grant is currently working on the third which will be titled LIES. HUNGER will be released June 2009, but be sure to read GONE first, you’ll need the backstory to really appreciate the sequel.
January 1, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Gone is amazing. I can’t wait to read the sequel. It sounds fascinating and I love the cover.
January 4, 2009 at 8:15 am
Nice. You have so many reviews here. I also love books. I’ll try reading some of the books you reviewed. I just hope they are available here in Philippines.
BTW, I added you to my blogroll.
January 22, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Holy cow, these books are so much better than twilight!!!!!!!! I love the cover of both books. When i went to school with Gone people came up to me and said “Oh my gosh! He’s so hot!” i laughed so hard. But i love Astrid. She rox! i can’t wait for Hunger. I wonder if that’s Caine and Diana on the front?
January 23, 2009 at 7:42 am
Im so so so so excited for this book. I hate that we have to wait, like a year, but i think it will be worth it in the end. Gone was amazing(:
January 26, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Gone is an amazing book!!!!!!!!! i really cant wait for the next one to x=come out! ive been waiting for sooooooooooooooooo long!!!!!!! i dont think i can wait any longer! imm sooo excited for hunger!
in gine you got into the charictors really well anf FAST!! i love sam and i love caine also it makes the story good. astrid is awsome and so is edilio and quinn but i was alittle dissaponted with quinn……but anyway i love it sooo much i just CANT WAIT!!!!
January 31, 2009 at 12:24 pm
OMG that looks so good. I can’t wait! GONE is the best book ever and Caine is the best character!!
February 4, 2009 at 9:20 am
I love the Gone book and can’t wait to read Hunger!!!!!!!!!!!! It left off so good and I love the review. Thanks everyone and i’d like to give a shout out to m Girlfriend Anah who also love these books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 5, 2009 at 11:42 am
YAY! i cant wait for hunger it sounds awsome, id love to know who the characters on the coer are. I recon the boy is drake but the girl could be a n.o of people. GOGO gone lovers can’t wait.
February 7, 2009 at 12:01 am
oh my gosh, i am a speed reader, i can read way faster than most people, i have read hundreds upon hundreds of books, but gone was one of the best things i have ever read, the sequel comes out this summer, right? if that is correct i will be all over that right away, i wish i did not have to wait so long tho, GONE RULEZZ, and ps. astrid rulezz
February 8, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Deffinitly one of the best books I have ever read!
I am so so so so so SO excited about Hunger, and am curious as crap to know who is killed.
I wonder who is on the front? I know Caine, but is that Diana or Diane or whatever? Her and Lana look a hell of a lot alike…
February 16, 2009 at 7:56 pm
You think you read fast I read gone in two days it was so fricken good,also micheal what advice do you have for people that want to become a athour
February 19, 2009 at 2:29 pm
WOW!!!! GONE IS SOOOOOO GOOD !!!! I CANT WAIT FOR HUNGER TO COME OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D
February 25, 2009 at 10:06 am
Haha, just two days, connor? man, try one. course, i didn’t eat. so, that makes me a read freak haha. (don’t you just wish you lived in Barnes and Noble’s?) and judging from the cover of GONE, i’d say that’s Caine and Diana, and maybe on the back will be Sam and Astrid. as for becoming an author, i’d love some advice on that as well, but i was a little mad when i first read GONE haha, because i had a lot of ideas like that. but i guess that’s how it is, and i was not disappointed at all haha. can’t wait. and Lee? way better than twilight haha. always.
February 25, 2009 at 4:21 pm
omg i loved gone and im so exctied for Hunger!
this is like 10 times better than any other book!
cannot wait until June!
And has anyone read The House of Night Series?
Theyre really amazinggg.
March 5, 2009 at 8:59 pm
this was the most addicted i’ve been to a book since twilight.
i LOVED gone. i’m soo excited for hunger except i am sorta upset that it will be 5 more years before i get to find out how the story ends.
wayyyy better than any book i’ve read. it was just amazing.
March 17, 2009 at 4:08 am
it’s a great book. i can’t wait till the last book to see how it ends. it has to be a hugh end. more people have to read it. it will be like twilight, where no one reads it till the last book or it becomes a movie.
April 18, 2009 at 5:22 pm
OMG, hunger sounds AMAZING.
i cant wait untill it comes out!!!!
i love sam to death, he’s amazing, i also love astrid , quinn and edilio. i also love LP. ( L )
im a speed reader, like a huge nerd about reading, and i have to say this blog is awsome.
Thanks for the info!
May 2, 2009 at 2:33 pm
OMG
i’m sooo excited for Hunger!!!! no effence but, i think the Gone series is better than Twilight, and I’ve read the whole series, like, at least three times. My favorite character is Diana, but I like all the other characters too, even that Albert dude.
It really sux though, because we’ll have to wait for, like four or five more years for the last book to come out.
I just cant wait for Hunger!!
May 2, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Wow! I just read Gone and I loved it. I can’t wait to read Hunger, it sounds so awesome.
May 3, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Gone was the best book ever! and I didn’t even know about this book until I went to the store and one of the people who worked there mentioned it to me XD I’m SO going to get it!
May 3, 2009 at 2:44 pm
After reading GONE, I can’t wait to read HUNGER…
The characters are really cool, but I have to admit that Drake kinda freaks me out with his red, scaly whip arm…
And I’m wondering why Diana would go back to Caine? Maybe Michael Grant needed her on Caine’s side for HUNGER and couldn’t come up with a good reason for her to do so…I thought that part was kinda lame. Anyways we only have about a month of waiting so I’m happy about that! 🙂
May 5, 2009 at 7:03 pm
Lol I’m scared to read Gone now with all these commentsxD maybe I should wait till Hunger comes out?
But ughh now everyones got me too excited to go read Gone. I’m just itching to go read it. I hate it when you read such good books and then all other books are like, blah.
I read twilight, and then the host. I was absolutely at lost,all books sucked or was okay, and then Gone comes and seems like the only one that has been able to size up to twilight, thank god:)
Oh and ha! I read the two twilight books in a whole day. Well, I skipped eating like jake and sat in bed all day thru night lol.
So.. shuld I just start reading anyway, now? I’m dieing to know what all this raves about. Is it a good book for guys to read too? Maybe ill tellmy bro to read it after me lol.:)
May 5, 2009 at 8:10 pm
ahh! this book was amazinggg!!! i read it like right after it came out and i hate the anticipation for the next one! its driving me crazy!
i didnt even know it was a 6 part series when i picked it up but now its like OHMYGOSH! print these faster =p
and yes…sam is very hot 😀