Gone

This week I am going to write about a book I read earlier but did not get a chance to write about called Gone.  In Gone the book follows Sam Template, the protagonist of the series, when every single person over 15 disappears from Pedro Beach.  Around a 25 mile radius of the town's nuclear power plant there is a wall, that appears to be made out of energy, that kids call the F.A.Y. Z., fallout alley youth zone.  Within the F.A.Y.Z. some children begin to develop odd powers and animals appear to mutate.  Also, when ever a child turns 15, he disappears.  At the start of the book, Sam and his friends, Astrid and Quinn, look for a way out of the F.A.Y.Z.  At the same time Cain, the main antagonist and a stutent at the nearby boarding school, Coates Academy, atempts to control Pedro Beach.  Gone has a very suspensful plot.  Throughout the book the author creates great charecters that develop throughout the other three books in the series.  One of the issues I have with this series is that throughout the rest of the series the author introduces new characters who he doesn't develop a back story for.  Another issue I have with this  book is that the writing is not very descriptive and parts of the book seem rushed.  Despite its flaws, Gone and its sequals  have a great and suspenseful plot and a  few great characters, which help it make a great read.