Hunger: A Gone Novel
Grade 7 Up&ndash;In the second in a planned six-book series, the children of Perdito Beach, CA, have survived without adults for three months following the FAYZ, a nuclear event that caused everyone over the age of 14 to vanish and an impenetrable barrier to rise for 20 miles around the town. Now their food is almost gone, and in their desperation and fear, the young people are beginning to sort themselves into factions; those without special powers opposing those who have them. To add to the suspense, a terrifying presence that calls itself the Gaiaphage, a being of overwhelming hunger, is insinuating itself into the minds of the susceptible. LikeGone(HarperTeen, 2008), this novel is not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach. Nonstop action and recurring scenes of graphic violence, death, and torture will keep readers on the edge of their seats as they race toward the climactic cliff-hanger ending. Give this to teens who liked Stephen King'sThe Stand(Doubleday, 1990) or William Golding'sLord of the Flies(Penguin, 1959).&ndash;Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AKCopyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.