The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer

The thing I took from this book was even though people were fending for themselves, I was impressed with how much they were helping others as well. I knew something would happen to the one sister. ' So I read this one last and that gave a few things away.

' I like that there is hope at the end of the story.

' Great series, read them all! ' - Brooke, Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.The religious touch was one I don't find in many dystopian novels, and it added an extra dimension to this beautiful, and at times horrific, story.' What sustains him and his sisters is the devout Catholic faith they were raised in, along with the help of one of Alex's classmates. Alex must make some very hard choices in a world where conditions are worsening daily. Seventeen year old Alex Morales, living in upper Manhattan in an apartment building where is father is the super, is left responsible for himself and his two younger sisters after his parents do not return home after the event, and must be presumed dead. But if this event really happened, I think the aftermath depicted by Ms. The premise of this book (an asteroid hits the Moon and knocks it closer to the earth) might be unlikely scientifically. 'I finished reading this book some six weeks ago, and it still haunts me daily. With haunting themes of family, faith, personal change, and courage, this powerful new novel explores how a young man takes on unimaginable responsibilities. 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. 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. Susan Beth Pfeffer’s Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated listeners with its brutal but hopeful look at an apocalyptic event-an asteroid hitting the moon, setting off a tailspin of horrific climate changes.

The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer