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Who teaches you to walk? To talk?
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ADULTS
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Who provides phone service? Electricity?
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ADULTS
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What if those people were
GONE.
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POOF!
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GONEMichael Grant
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Sam
• Surfer• Mostly average kid
• Saved a school bus after the driver had a heart attack• Family is poor• Almost 15
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Quinn
• Sam’s friend• Sense of humor
• Poor• 14 years old
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Astrid
• Genius• Sam’s crush
• Father works at power plant• 14
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One day, in the middle of the school day, all the teachers suddenly disappear, as well as everyone over 15.
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POOF!
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Everyone leaves. Sam, Quinn, and Astrid go to town to check if all adults are gone.
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The adults are all gone. A fire has started in a house, and a little girl is in it.
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Sam, acting on impulse, runs in to save her.
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When he gets to the girl, she screams and lifts her hands. Flames spurt out at Sam.
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Sam also lifts his hands on impulse, but he somehow causes the little girl to die. Now Sam is really scared.
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Sam picks up the girl and jumps from window. He now has the respect of the whole town, but he doesn’t tell anyone about his powers.
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Later, a group of kids from the school over the hill, Coates Academy, arrive in town.
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Coates is a place where the worst of the worst go. A kid that calls himself leader, Caine, convinces the town to make him leader.
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But when he kills a girl for demonstrating “Magic Tricks”, Sam realizes they know about the powers that some people have.
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Sam, Quinn, and Astrid start sort of living together. One day, while they go to what’s left of the grocery store, they are attacked. They have to run away from town.
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After living in the wild for a few days, Sam has gained control over his powers. He decides that they should take back the town.
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They alert the kids from town to fight. As they are spying on Caine, one of his henchmen grabs them. He leads them away.
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When they get there, Caine tell them about some research he’s done. He tells them that when kids turn 15, they disappear.
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Caine tells them that he will keep them locked up until they turn 15, as Sam, Quinn, and Astrid are all 14.
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Caine also tells them that the powers are all focused through the hands. He then dips Sam’s hands in wet cement, and lets it dry.
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As they are locked up, they see about 10 other kids, all locked up and cemented. After some talking, Sam realizes they all have powers too.
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After about 6 hours, they hear a bang. The ordinary kids have assaulted Caine, and broken everyone out!
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The kids from town fight against the kids following Caine. But in the middle of the battle, Sam turns 15.
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Time slows down. Everyone stops moving except Caine and Sam. They realize they are brothers separated at birth.
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A vision of their mother appears. She tells them to grab her hand, and that they will exit the barrier.Sam and Caine say no.
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Time starts up again. After this, Caine retreats, as he is losing. The kids elect Sam as the leader of the town, and the kids following Caine leave.
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The kids have a big feast to celebrate their victory against Caine and his followers.
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The whole town realizes they fought off Caine by themselves, without adults.
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They learn that when you can’t rely on others, you have to make things happen.
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Jonathan LiuPeriod 7January 2013