High-concept storytelling in Gone 2: Meet the heroes

Think of three people you know that have interesting group dynamics (it could be you and two friends, but it's usually easier to observe other people).

How are they different from each other? How are they friends? What unique quality does each person bring to the group? 

Look at a story that you've read that has friends (or a group working together because of a situation) and look at the ways in which they're different.

What are those differences? Are they different personalities? Skillsets? Both? How does each character's qualities help tell the story?

Gone is the first book in a bestselling series of nine(!), by Michael Grant.

It's set in the fictional town of Perdido Beach, where Sam and friends deal with the fantastic events mentioned in this group of lessons and more, besides! 

It has drama, action, superpowers, heroes, villains, power struggles, talking coyotes, mutant arms... there's a lot to take in.