Remember Gone, Hunger, and Lies by Michael Grant? Well, there are more books in the series now. I'm a bit too scared to read further! But for those of you with stronger stomachs than mine, here's an awesome opportunity for you! Here are all the details from the press release sheet, which involves a fun online and a competition to meet Michael!!!!! How cool is that? Check it out - info courtesy of Egmont UK
Gone Online
A new online game based on Michael
Grant’s GONE series for teens marks the sixth and final book
To celebrate the publication of LIGHT, the sixth and final
book in Michael Grant’s bestselling GONE series, Egmont Press has created an
online game, Gone Online, based on the books.
It launches today, Monday 11 March.
GONE was the first instalment in the epic teen series which has
become hugely popular with teenagers internationally and has been lauded by
Stephen King as ‘exciting, high-tension …
told in a driving, torrential narrative that never lets up.’ Over 400,000 copies of the books have now
been sold in the UK alone.
Gone Online can be played at www.gone-online.com over a six
week period. It draws on content from
all five of the books so far and leads up to the much-anticipated publication
of LIGHT, on 28 March. Starting with four games at launch - Zeke
Zap, Word Search, Hacker and a GONE quiz - there will be further games and
challenges released on a weekly basis until the winner is announced.
The object of the game is to score as many points as
possible. Highly addictive, the games
are designed to challenge, infuriate and test your skills, and to get you
completely hooked. Some of the games
will reward time and speed, others ability and knowledge of the books. Using the latest in location-based marketing,
players can pick up extra points by checking in with their smart phones at
specific locations – bookshops or libraries.
The winner of the game - the highest scorer at the end of
the six weeks - will win an Apple iPad and the chance to meet Michael Grant in
a private capsule on the EDF Energy London Eye on 4 May. Participation will also be rewarded with
prizes along the way, including signed editions and book tokens as well as
never-before-seen content such as extra chapters and video messages from the
author.
Michael Grant comments, “If
you’ve been reading the GONE series all along, you probably know that we have
reached the end. I have to admit that I felt a bit sad typing the last sentence
of LIGHT. It seemed strange that I would
no longer be spending quite as much time with the gang. I was concerned that some of you, the true
fans, might have a bit of withdrawal. So
now you can play the game, which is all about the GONE universe. You do have to
read the books to play some of the games so I consider this gaming of the best
kind.”
Gone Online was created with the help of special think tanks
–children from Horniman School in South London and Stoke Newington School in
Hackney, East London. Thirteen year-old
Maliaka from Stoke Newington comments, “I
love the different dilemmas and problems that the children have to go through
to survive the FAYZ. I am very excited
about the idea of a game based on the series. It has been one of my favourite
books to read so I can’t wait for the game.
I loved being involved with coming up with ideas for the game. It was
really fun to get our heads together to make it as great as possible. I spend any free time I have reading and I
play games either with my family or friends. I love books and all the different
characters and stories. It is like travelling through different worlds."
Mike Richards, Marketing Director at Egmont Press, comments,
“We wanted to have some fun with the
publication of LIGHT and give the fans of the series something challenging with
a great prize – and it doesn’t come much better than being locked in a
revolving glass pod with Michael Grant. Publishers are becoming more creative
in the way that they connect authors with readers and I think this is a good example
of that. I particularly like the element of the game that connects readers with
bookshops via a physical check-in, which reinforces the idea that this is all
about a game experience around Michael’s amazing novels, not for its own sake.”
Gone Online is hosted on a dedicated website and can also be
played on smart phones. Players of any
age can take part and you don’t have to be a fan of the books, but it will
certainly help.
After the initial six week competition, fans of Gone Online
can continue to play, though no prizes will be available.
About the series
The six books in the series,
published by Egmont Press, are GONE (2008), HUNGER (2009), LIES (2010), PLAGUE (2011),
FEAR (2012) and LIGHT (28 March 2013).
The story starts when everyone
over the age of 15 disappears in the blink of an eye, leaving hundreds of
children trapped in a Californian town encased by a mysterious, impenetrable
dome. Inside, it is a matter of
survival. With no adults there are no
rules and somehow the physics of the universe as we know it have changed,
causing some of the children to develop strange powers.
Michael Grant
Michael Grant has always been
fast-paced. He’s lived in almost 50
different homes in 14 US states, and moved in with his wife, Katherine
Applegate, after knowing her for less than 24 hours. His long list of previous
occupations includes: law librarian, cartoonist, bowling alley mechanic,
restaurant reviewer, waiter, documentary film producer and political media
consultant.
Michael and Katherine have co-authored
more than 150 books, including the massive hit series Animorphs, which has sold
more than 35 million copies. Working solo, Michael is the author of the
internationally bestselling series GONE and the ground-breaking transmedia
trilogy BZRK. Michael, Katherine and their two children live in the San
Francisco Bay Area, not far from Silicon Valley.
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