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It's rare for post apocalyptic literature to travel into the realms of the young adult reader but Susan Beth Pfeffer struck gold back in 2006 when her novel "Life as We Knew It" became a hit with cute little tykes everywhere. The book chronicled the transformation of Miranda, a self-absorbed teenage girl, who must become a strong young woman when the world is brought into chaos due to massive storms caused by the displacement of the moon. Well, Pfeffer liked working in the PA genre so much that she just released a follow up to bleak blockbuster called "The Dead and the Gone" though Harcourt Children's Books Publishing. Taking place during the exact same time frame as "The World as we Knew It," Pfeffer's new book shifts the focus to New York to show how young characters trapped on a sinking island would deal with a global crisis. Promising to be grittier and scarier than even her first outing, "The Dead and the Gone" looks to take young adult fiction to a pretty harrowing place.
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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