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Gone Book Report

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Gone is the first book in the Gone Series by Michael Grant. In the first book, everyone over fifteen disappears, and the city they live in, Perdido Beach, is enclosed by a barrier. Kids begin to develop powers, and some are beginning to go crazy. It’s known as Fallout Alley Youth Zone, or the FAYZ. Sam helps lead the scared kids. Students from the prestigious Coates Academy, where your rich parents sent you when you were ‘difficult,’ arrive. Diana is able to gauge powers; Caine and Sam are the only level fours, the highest she’s seen. Caine, a student at Coates, tries to take over, and Sam tries to stop him. A war breaks out between Sam’s side and Caine’s side and normals and freaks. Sam’s group eventually wins, but this war is far from over. To make matters worse, they’re still trapped in this barrier. But don’t worry, it’s only a FAYZ.
Sam starts out as a typical surfer guy, who blends in with the rest of the crowd. He’s known as ‘School Bus Sam’ from the time when he saved everyone on a bus when the bus driver had a heart attack by taking over the wheel, then calling 911. Since then, he’s blended back in with the …show more content…

He and the rest of Coates Academy arrive in cars, an entrance that took a lot of practice. He makes a speech trying to convince them to work together and establish a form of leadership and government. It works. Once he gains everyone’s trust, he goes into dictator mode. He uses his power of telekinesis to get people to do his bidding. People still follow his rules out of fear, after he slammed a huge cross into someone’s shoulder, forcing him into their makeshift hospital for months. He has rules and regulations that turn people against him. His ‘police’ enforce the law in any way they can. That includes smashing a girl’s head with a metal baseball bat for using her powers, which is a strict no-no in Caine’s realm. A war breaks out between him and

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