Most Eventful Plot Ever

So this summer I read Plague by Michael Grant as my choice book. I know it's kind of a long shot it terms of recent events, but I loved the book so much and remember the plot structure of it extremely clearly. This is mainly because the plot is like a roller coaster, up and down, scary and exciting, all over the place with plenty of unexpected twists and turns.

First of all, this is the fifth book in the series, so the main conflict of the story is carried from book to book. Basically, all of these kids are stuck in a giant dome that covers a small town in California, and anyone over the age of 15 has disappeared. Kids become violent, food is depleted, power is gone, disease and wounds cover most everyone, lights are fading, and some kids even begin to gain powers and use them for both good and evil. This dome which they begin to call the FAYZ, is impenetrable and has held the children of Perdido Beach, CA captive for about a year and a half now. Book five picks up right at this point and there is almost no time for rising action before the plot comes along and slaps the reader in the face.

Immediately we find out that Diana, one of the oldest and most well known members of the FAYZ, has become pregnant with a child that is already more powerful than the average human being. We also hear that the evil source that is disrupting the FAYZ and trying to gain control, the gaiaphage (or darkness) has sent a child who became evil as soon as the dome came down, Drake, after Diana. The gaiaphage plans to capture Diana's child and gain a source of life in the real world through the child's body, therefore throwing the whole world into chaos The highest point of the story in my opinion would be when we discover that the dome is slowing turning pitch black, and fast. Soon the whole FAYZ will be in an endless night.

The falling action is pretty simple compared to that, a couple kids die (same old same old) and the darkness slowly separates all the kids form their friends and everyone is suddenly on their own. The conclusion comes around when Drake runs off with Diana and everyone rushes out to save her.... And then it leaves me stranded.

Book six? Are you out there? I need you!

Reading Times:
To Build A Fire                         1hour and 30min (plus the annotations)
Heaven is For Real                    2 hours and 20min