Gone
Readers rate it 3.7 (312 on Hardcover)
576 pages · Released Jun 24, 2008 · HarperTeen
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Positive role models
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A note for parents
Gone is a dark, survival-focused dystopian thriller where teens must navigate a world without adults, featuring significant violence, power struggles, and psychological tension. The book includes combat between teens, a mysterious dangerous creature, and exploration of morality under extreme stress. While it offers some positive messages about courage and leadership, the overall tone is intense and frightening, making it most appropriate for mature middle-grade readers and up.
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From the publisher
In the blink of an eye. Everyone disappears.Gone.Everyone except for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not a single adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Gone, too, are the phones, internet, and television. There is no way to get help.Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lu... In the blink of an eye. Everyone disappears.Gone.Everyone except for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not a single adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Gone, too, are the phones, internet, and television. There is no way to get help.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 and war is imminent.The first in a breathtaking saga about teens battling each other and their darkest selves, gone is a page-turning thriller that will make you look at the world in a whole new way.
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- Fiction
- Supernatural
- Good and evil
- Juvenile Fiction
- Action & Adventure - General
- Social Issues - Adolescence
- Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure
- Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction
- Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)
- Children's fiction
- Supernatural, fiction
- Good and evil, fiction
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ISBN 9780061448775 · HarperTeen