Hunger- A Gone Novel – Weekly Reading Response Blog

I finished Blood Red Road, and another book called Gone. I am reading Hunger, the sequel of Gone. In Gone, all the people over the age of 14 are Gone. All that is left are 14 year olds and younger kids. Sam, the main character, tried to take charge of the situation, when a few people from Coates Academy, Caine, Drake and Diana try to take over. They tell all the kids that they will help them more than Sam can, so they decide to follow Caine and his crew. Above all, children are mutating, as well as animals. Sam adapted the power to shoot fire from his hands. Caine can move objects telepathically. Others are finding the same thing is happening to them. But once the children turn 15, they ‘poof’ or disappear just like the others. Sam and Caine end up avoiding the ‘poof’ and Caine was banished from trying to kill Sam, his friend Astrid and all his friends (Edilio, Quinn, Lana etc.). Even more weird, there is a giant barrier stopping the kids from going out of the zone they are in (Perdido Beach). In Hunger, Sam is trying to figure out why he didn’t disappear just like everyone else.

Question 2:

I was puzzled when the animals started mutating. Coyotes started talking. Worms started growing teeth and eating people. Seagulls grew talons! I was unsure why all this stuff was happening. I guess it was because of the FAYZ. The FAYZ is what the kids call the area surrounded by the barrier. FAYZ stands for Fallout Alley Youth Zone. I also never understood why they called it that…

Question 8:

The author’s style is very formal. It is written by a narrator and not in one person’s perspective, but it does follow specific people. It follows the main characters Sam, Astrid, Caine, Diana, Drake and even Quinn. The only thing that bothers me is that there are SO many characters!!! Here, let me go down the list; Sam, Quinn, Caine, Drake, Albert, Diana, Pete, Astrid, Howard, Lana, Pack Leader (the pack leader of the coyotes), Orc, Mary, Dekka, Briana, Taylor, E.Z, Elwood, Dahra and so many others.

Question 4:

It surprised me when Sam and Caine turned out to be twins! I thought this was surprising because Sam hates Caine, and Sam’s mother never told him he had a twin. I was also thinking, why she would keep that from Sam. Also, why did she get rid of Caine, and put him up for adoption but not Caine? I was really surprised when this happened, but even more surprised when Sam burnt off Drake’s arm. I was surprised when he got it back too. It turns out, he got his arm back, but there is a red whip now attached to him arm. That’s disgusting.

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Reading Response Prompts

1. Tell what like or dislike about the book and why.

2. Tell about parts of your book that puzzled you or made you ask a question.

3. Tell what you noticed about the characters, such as what made them act as they did or how they changed.

4. Write about something in the book that surprised you or that you found interesting.

5. Write your predictions and about whether your predictions were right.

6. Ask for help in figuring out meaning of your book.

7. Tell about the connections that you made while reading the book. Tell how it reminds you of yourself, of people you know, or of something that happened in your life. It might remind you of other books, especially the characters, the events, or the setting.

8. Write about the author’s style and how it makes you feel.

9. Write about the language the author used and why you think the author wrote this way.

10. Write about the author’s craft – what was effective about the way the author wrote.

11. Write about anything else that you may think of that deals with the book.

12. Do you relate to any of the characters in the book? Explain how and why.

13. If you abanded the book, why did you?

14. Name 3 examples of signals that went off in your head while you were reading and explain them.

15. Explain what happened at the climax and explain why you think that is the climax.

16. Tell what you think could be changed in the book to make it better for readers.

Reading Response Rubric

Level 3 (B Range)
In your response you:
- have written at least one post a week
- demonstrate that you have read a variety of fiction and non-fiction materials
- reflect on the books you read effectively- relate to the books you read
- retell only the most important information in your responses
- explain your interpretation of a written work clearly, supporting it with evidence from the work and from your own knowledge and experiences clearly.
- demonstrate that you are a critical thinker that examines characters, plot, setting and literary - devices effectively

Level 4 (A Range)
In your response you:
- have written more than one post a week
- demonstrate that you have read a good variety of fiction and non-fiction materials
- reflect on the books you read very effectively
- relate to the books you read very effectively
- retell only the most important information in your responses
- explain your interpretation of a written work clearly, supporting it with evidence from the work and from your own knowledge and experiences clearly and concisely.
- demonstrate that you are a highly critical thinker that examines characters, plot, setting and literary devices effectively