Gone
In Perdido Beach, California, every person over the age of 15 vanishes at the same instant, leaving roughly 300 kids trapped under an opaque dome ten miles across that they call the FAYZ. Sam Temple, a 14-year-old surfer with a secret pyrokinetic power, gets pulled into the leadership vacuum against Caine Soren, the charismatic boy who arrives from a nearby boarding school. The food runs out, the bullies form militias, and a growing number of kids manifest telekinetic and energy-projection powers as a malevolent presence at the heart of the FAYZ begins to push back. The first book in a six-volume series.
What you might want to know about Gone
The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.
Every adult in a California beach town vanishes, trapping 300 kids under a dome where some of them start manifesting deadly powers in the first book of a six-volume YA series.
Michael Grant's main Gone series has six books, plus a sequel trilogy called Monster. Each follows the same world of children trapped in a supernaturally isolated dome in California. The original series is complete.
Yes. Gone is YA dystopian and sci-fi horror, suitable for readers 13 and up. The violence is significant, and the series gradually ages up across the six books.
Gone was written by Michael Grant, published in 2006 by HarperTeen.
Gone is 576 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Gone takes most readers 9 to 12 hours to finish.
Gone is a standalone novel by Michael Grant, not part of a series.
Gone is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.