Hunger

The Bookworm says........YES! Hunger by Michael Grant was a G-REAT book! This was the second book in the Gone series by Michael Grant. The first book was previously reviewed on March 10, 2012. Things in the FAYZ are getting out of control. Kids are starving. There are even thoughts of cannibalism. Little Petey's powers are developing along with lots of people, such as Duck and Hunter. There are even new mutations arising from the water and fields such as the blue, swimming bats, or the zekes, the long black worm like creatures in the fields that eat the people that venture past the edge of the field. Albert devises a plan to make money. Sam is falling apart, and Astrid can't even keep him together.Lana even tries to overpower the Darkness. Will she succeed? Even worse another battle between Coates and Perdido Beach arises when the Coates kids try to take the power plant. Hunger is a great continuation of Gone, and is a great thriller.

Gone

The Bookworm says........YES! I just recently finished reading the book Gone by Michael Grant. This book was utterly, truly, positively, amazing! In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. Gone. Vanished. Disappeared. Poof. Whatever you want to say. Everyone ages fifteen and over in Perdido Beach,CA(a.k.a fallout alley) are gone. Fourteen year-old Sam Temple, is in the middle of the boringest civil war history lecture in the world, when his teacher disappears. Sam, his best friend Quinn, and Astrid the genius, set out for town. There they find fires, car wrecks, and again, NO ADULTS! Also, Astrid's four-year old, autistic brother, Little Petey, is nowhere to be found. They venture up to the nuclear power plant and find Little Petey, safe and sound. As the days pass, the local bully, Orc, starts to take over. The kids are dealing with food shortages, fighting amongst themselves,and some of the kids are developing odd powers, such as, shooting fire or light from your hands, teleporting, super-strength, and incredible speed. Nothing is going right when the kids from the elite boarding school up the hill, Coates, come down. Then, when they try to find the adults, they come to a barrier, that burns on touch. They are trapped in a big bubble! They name this bubble the FAYZ for fallout alley youth zone. When the head bully at Coates, named Caine, starts harassing the kids, Sam and his friends take to the forest. There they find Lana, who was driving with her grandfather when he poofed. They battle talking coyotes, flying snakes, and The Darkness. Just whe you think the mayhem is over, it isn't. It turned out that when you hit sweet old fifteen, you poof. You will hear of the kids struggle to find food, sort out frustration, and survive the big poof. This book was an action packed thriller, and is good for anyone who likes an adventure.