#6 Lies by Michael Grant

'Lies' is the 3rd book in the 'Gone' series and while it is the only one of the books that I can count in this blog, I'm still going to review all three.

'Gone' - In a flash all adults and children over the age of 15 have disappeared from the town of Perdido Beach, CA.  There is no access to the outside world.  No tv, no phones, no internet.  As the children try to discover what happened, they find that they are enclosed in a kind of bubble which stretches about 20 miles in all directions from Perdido Beach.  No one know how to escape or how long they will be trapped in this strange environment, but the kids have to learn to survive on their own. They quickly discover that their has to be some order to their world or they will soon run out of food.  They search the houses, cars and building of town to collect the food and other necessities like diapers for the very young.  They set up a day care center for those under 6 years old.  They form families, or small groups who rely on each other.  But not everyone wants to get along.  Some want to fight and have all the power.  Add to that, some of the children have begun developing strange powers.  And there is something in the desert that is evil and is calling to them.

In 'Hunger' the fight for survival in Perdido Beach continues.  The food is running out.  No one wants to be in charge.  And the 'freaks', or kids with special powers, and the 'normals' are not getting along.  The evil creature in the desert is known as the gaiaphage and it is in a deadly fight to control the kids minds.

Now, in 'Lies', things are going from bad to worse.  Sam is one of the town leaders and he has the power to shoot light from his hands.  Sam uses this power to protect the kids, but some see him as a freak and think he should taken out.  The 'normals' are looking for a way to take over the town and they are recruited by the rich kids from the private school  to burn the town.  While the town is burning the rich kids sneak through town, steal the emergency boats, and head for some islands off shore in search of food. While this is going on, Sam runs across a girl who was dead and buried, but is now walking around town.  The kids don't realize that the gaiaphage, that they thought was dead, has brought the girl back to live along with another evil and terrible boy who has a hand like a whip (Drake).  The gaiaphage is again trying to control the kids minds to the point that they will kill themselves.  Also in this third book the reader is giving a peak at the world outside of the Perdido Beach bubble, know as the FAYZ by the kids (Fall-out Alley Youth Zone)

I just read that this is a 6 part series and I am anxiously awaiting the next book in the series.  The series is fast paced and hard to put down because you want to know what is going to happen.  Make sure you start with the first book 'Gone'.

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