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Coates Academy (most commonly referred to simply as Coates) is a private, elite boarding school, situated close to Perdido Beach. It is where troubled, difficult, or unwanted children are sent by their mostly rich parents. Major characters that went to Coates include Caine, Diana, Drake, Taylor, Jack, Brittney, Brianna, Bug, and Dekka. There is a traditional rivalry between the children at Coates and the children at Perdido Beach school.


The location of Coates is referred to as "up the hill" by the kids of Perdido Beach. The path up the hill to Coates has been described as more of a mountain than a hill. The school's interior is described as being dull and gray. The tiles in the lunchroom are arranged to an arrow pointing up.

Uniform[]

Their uniforms consist of black slacks and white shirts with girls wearing pleated black skirts and matching knee high socks. They all wear blazers in a "subdued shape of red" with a large crest sewn over the heart. They all wore ties striped with red, black and gold. The crest featured ornate letters "C"and "A" (standing for Coates Academy) sewn in gold thread over a background with a golden eagle and a mountain lion. Beneath the crest was the Latin motto of the school: "Ad augusta, per angusta." which translates to: "To high places by narrow roads."

Appearances[]

Before the FAYZ

Because children were sent to Coates due to their problems, many of the children hide the stories behind why they were sent there.

Sam's mother, Connie Temple, was a night-nurse at Coates before the FAYZ.

Gone

Coates is used as a base of operations for Caine and his followers. They hold an operation to see what happens when somebody poofs. They held Andrew in place in the dining hall and forced him to use his powers to see if it would counter the poof. Jack records the entire event, giving them an insight of what happens when one poofs.

Coates is briefly used as a location to detain freaks (FAYZ residents with powers) by way of "plastering" (encasing their hands in cement to prevent use of their powers).

Hunger

Caine continues to use Coates as a base of operations. Many kids (most notably Brianna, Taylor, and Dekka) had changed over to Sam's side and move down to Perdido Beach. Orsay travels to Coates with Drake for a short time. Drake uses the headmistress' office as his.

Lies

When Caine and the remainder of those loyal to him leave for San Francisco de Sales Island, Coates effectively becomes empty. At some point Howard begins to use the school as a base for his alcohol distilling (and supposedly drug manufacturing) operations.

Plague

Coates remains as a base for Howard and his illegal activities. Orc visits the school for a short time, using it as a temporary hideout. It is also where Astrid goes to hide Little Pete from the Human Crew, and where Little Pete dies.

Fear

Coates becomes deserted once again when Howard is killed by Drake. It is not directly referred to again after this and presumably sits empty until the end of the FAYZ.

After the FAYZ

In Monster, Coates is mentioned to not have reopened after the FAYZ because of the bad reputation of many of its former students (namely Drake, Caine, Penny, and Diana).

Known students[]

Notable[]

Character First appearance Reason
Andrew Gone Unknown.
Brianna Berenson Gone For not doing well in school.
Brittney Donegal Hunger Unknown.
Bug Gone For bugging his school's parent-teacher meeting and posting embarrassing facts about his class on Facebook. Bug was not sent to Coates as a punishment, he was sent for his own safety.
Caine Soren Gone Because his parents wanted him gone.
Dekka Talent Gone For being a lesbian.
Diana Ladris Gone For lying to the police and for another unknown reason.
Drake Merwin Gone For shooting a kid named Holden in the leg with an air rifle.
Frederico Gone Unknown.
Jack Gone For hacking into police files to remove a speeding ticket for a friend's father.
Mallet Gone Unknown.
Penny Lies For putting bleach in her sister's cereal.
Taylor Gone Unknown.
Toto Plague Unknown. May not have gone to Coates (unconfirmed).

Other[]

Character First appearance Basic info
Allison Hunger Allison is a girl that gathers mushrooms and cooks them to eat, before they were stolen by a boy who was poisoned by them.
Barry Lies Barry is a boy that Penny tests her powers on.
Benno Gone Benno was described as a cowardly, brainless thug. He had a power and was one of the worst bullies at Coates, but his birth certificate was off by weeks and so he poofed in his sleep.
Brooke Gone Brooke is a girl that finds a dead baby with Sam and Quinn when conducting the first mass sweep of Perdido Beach houses in Gone.
Chaz Gone Chaz is described as an athletic eight-grader with shoulder-length blond hair and trendy glasses. He is a driver, although a bad one, and appears several times fighting for Caine.
Chris Gone Chris appears briefly in Gone with a games system, which he was "delivering" to Barbara's Day Care with Panda and Quinn.
Chunk Gone Chunk was a very fat, very annoying boy, always talking about the celebrities he'd met because his father was a talent agent. When Caine had returned from seeing the Gaiaphage, he was out of his mind, and threw Chunk through a wall, killing him.
Jasmine Lies Jasmine was a girl that made it onto a boat with Caine, Bug, Diana, Penny, Tyrell and Paint. However, she couldn't cope with starvation and committed suicide by stepping off the boat and drowning.
Jason Lies Jason is a whiny, pessimistic boy that often gets on Caine's nerves.
Jennifer Boyles Plague Jennifer Boyles is a girl that nearly caught the SDC. She lived with two other Jennifers in Perdido Beach.
Louise Gone Louise is a reckless driver. She is described as a thirteen-year-old skinny black girl.
Paint Lies Paint was a druggie with ratty, waist-length brown hair that enjoyed huffing paint out of a sock. He and Tyrell presumably starved to death when the boat they were abandoned by Caine on ran out of gas, going adrift in the ocean.
Pampers Lies Pampers is a girl that doesn't trust Bug.
Thuan Vong Gone Thuan Vong was a thin moof that was cemented by Drake. He pledged loyalty to Sam after being freed. In Light, it mentions that Sam failed to save him
Tyrell Lies Tyrell, erroneously referred to as Tyrrell, was a whiny kid that steered the motorboat Caine was in. He and Paint presumably starved to death when the boat they were abandoned by Caine on ran out of gas, going adrift in the ocean.

Notes[]

  • The school's motto is "Ad Augusta, Per Angusta" which means “to high places by narrow roads” in Latin.
  • The headmistress of Coates before the FAYZ was named Grace.

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