Overview

Susan Beth Pfeffer s Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated readers with its brutal but hopeful look at an apocalyptic event--an asteroidhitting the moon, setting off a tailspin of horrific climate changes. Now this harrowing companion novel examines the same events as theyunfold 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 new novel explores how a young man takes on unimaginable responsibilities.

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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. <br> --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. <br> --teenreads.com [star] Absorbing from first page to last . . . Celebrates the fortitude and resourcefulness of human beings during critical times. -- Publishers Weekly (starred)

* 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

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<b>SUSAN BETH PFEFFER</b> is the author of many books for teens, including the bestselling novel <i>The Year Without Michael</i>. She lives in Middletown, New York.

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