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| Original Title: | The Dead and the Gone |
| ISBN: | 0152063110 (ISBN13: 9780152063115) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Last Survivors #2 |
| Characters: | Alex Morales, Julie Morales, Briana Morales |
| Setting: | New York State(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult Book Award (2011) |
Susan Beth Pfeffer
Hardcover | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.84 | 34885 Users | 3282 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Dead and the Gone (Last Survivors #2) |
| Author | : | Susan Beth Pfeffer |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | June 1st 2008 by HMH Books for Young Readers |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Apocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic. Fiction |
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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 new novel explores how a young man takes on unimaginable responsibilities.
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Ratings: 3.84 From 34885 Users | 3282 ReviewsDiscuss Containing Books The Dead and the Gone (Last Survivors #2)
The Dead and the Gone pretty much sums up this entire book. Everyone in NYC is either dead, gone or soon will be. Asteroid hits moon, earth goes through nasty changes, everyone dies, the end. But wait, you ask what of the hard core survivalists? Im sure they are out there somewhere, but they are certainly not in Susan Beth Pfeffers second book of her Last Survivors series. This is a shame, because this YA novel started off so good. In The Dead and the Gone we follow the story of Alex Morales, a
Life as we Knew It was an amazing novel, and this was an amazing a terrible completely got that me convinced that Susan Beth Pfeffer was an amazing author a terrible author, At first, Pfeffer paints a realistic and exquisite picture of a latino family, which slowly starts to tear apart after a near-apocalyptic disaster. At first, the book is completely believable, as are the characters, but slowly, the characters become far to unrealistic. Too religious, too understanding, too oblivious, etc.
I didn't like the characters as much as the first book (this is a companion novel following a new family of survivors), but I did appreciate that the author showed us this same event from such a different perspective and setting. I enjoyed seeing how a huge city like New York would be affected by these natural disasters.The main character, Alex, hits or thinks about hitting his younger sister sometimes, which was difficult to reconcile with my wish to root for him. There was a lot of sexism and
it has come to this. last week, while waiting for more books to come up to shelve, i was idly wondering if this book had come out in paperback yet. it had. so i ran downstairs, pushing folks out of the way on the escalator and making a beeline for teen fiction where i whooped and grabbed a copy. ashamed of my excitement, i made my way back upstairs, trying to figure out how the mighty had fallen. (and by mighty, i mean only those vehemently opposed to adults who read teen fiction). now, i am
More like 4,5* but closer to 4. I felt like something was missing. Maybe because is the sequel many things were just thrown in there. Overall I really liked it but it was one of the saddest books I've read. The characters all have to grow up so fast and this time there wasn't a mother to tell them what to do and do all the planning. But they survived.And New York ... I love this city and I knew exactly where all the streets from the book are. It was kinda weird to see this city in position like
This book is a companion piece to Life As We Knew It, and we get to see the same exact events (an asteroid knocks the moon closer to Earth which causes every kind of natural disaster) from a different perspective, this time from a Hispanic boy instead of a white girl, in NYC instead of a small Pennsylvanian town. Their experiences are different enough so that you're not constantly comparing the two even though you have an idea of what's going on. One of the things I liked best about LAWKI was
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