Dead and the Gone - Couverture souple

Pfeffer, Susan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1407106228 ISBN 13 : 9781407106229

Editeur : Marion Lloyd Books, 2008

Synopsis

Life as we knew it is over...only the unlucky survive. At the moment the asteroid hits the moon, Alex Morales' young life changes. Forever. As freak weather engulfs the globe, New York is plunged into a nightmare from which many will never wake. With no food, no electricity, and no parents, Alex must keep himself and his sisters alive...whatever the cost.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

When life as Alex Morales had known it changed forever, he was working behind the counter at Joey’s Pizza. He was worried about getting elected as senior class president and making the grades to land him in a good college.  He never expected that an asteroid would hit the moon, knocking it closer in orbit to the earth and catastrophically altering the earth’s climate. He never expected to be fighting just to stay alive.

 Susan Beth Pfeffer’s Life As We Knew It enthralled and devastated readers with its look at an apocalyptic event from a small-town perspective. Now this harrowing companion audiobook examines the same events as they unfold in New York City, revealed through the eyes of a seventeen-year-old Puerto Rican New Yorker.

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. With haunting themes of family, faith, personal change, and courage, this powerful novel explores how a young man takes on unimaginable responsibilities.

Revue de presse

* "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

Praise for Life as We Knew It:"You will read it in one sitting, fighting back tears as you bite your nails." 
--teenreads.com [star] "Absorbing from first page to last . . . Celebrates the fortitude and resourcefulness of human beings during critical times."--Publishers Weekly (starred)

Praise for Life as We Knew It:
"You will read it in one sitting, fighting back tears as you bite your nails."
--teenreads.com
[star] "Absorbing from first page to last . . . Celebrates the fortitude and resourcefulness of human beings during critical times."--Publishers Weekly (starred)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Marion Lloyd Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1407106228
• ISBN 13: 9781407106229
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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