The Dead and the Gone: 2 (Life as We Knew It) - Softcover

Pfeffer, Susan Beth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0547258550 ISBN 13: 9780547258553

Publisher: Clarion Books, 2010

Synopsis

Susan Beth Pfeffer's Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated readers with its brutal but hopeful look at an apocalyptic event--an asteroid hitting the moon, setting off a tailspin of horrific climate changes. Now this harrowing companion novel examines the same events as they unfold in New York City, revealed through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Puerto Rican Alex Morales. When Alex's parents disappear in the aftermath of tidal waves, he must care for his two younger sisters, even as Manhattan becomes a deadly wasteland, and food and aid dwindle.
With haunting themes of family, faith, personal change, and courage, this powerful novel explores how a young man takes on unimaginable responsibilities.

About this title

Review:

* "As riveting as Life as We Knew It and even grittier. . . . The powerful images and wrenching tragedies will haunt readers."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

* "Everything Pfeffer writes about seems wrenchingly plausible."--Booklist, starred review

"Incredibly engaging."--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

SUSAN BETH PFEFFER is the author of many books for teens, including Life As We Knew It and the bestselling novel The Year Without Michael. She lives in Middletown, New York.www.susanbethpfeffer.blogspot.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0547258550
• ISBN 13: 9780547258553
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336