THE DEAD & THE GONE
By Susan Beth Pfeffer
2008
308 Pages
From Inside Cover:
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 would have 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.
My Thoughts:
A couple of months ago I read and reviewed the first book of this trilogy by Susan Beth Pfeffer called Life As We Knew It. It was a great book. I was a little worried to start the second installment-sophomore slump and all that. But I'm happy to say that The Dead & The Gone was not a disappointment. Whew!
While Life As We Knew It revolves around Miranda and takes place in a small town-Miranda has her family.
The Dead & The Gone takes the same event and centers it's story around Alex, a seventeen year old Puerto Rican who lives in the heart of New York city.
Alex's parents disappear in the aftermath of tidal waves-his mother never makes it home from her job at a hospital while his father was out of the country when disaster strikes. He now becomes the soul provider and caretaker of his two younger sisters.
The entire situation seem hopeless as we watch Alex and his sisters try to survive as the city around them falls apart. Food shortages, disease and mass chaos surround them.
I can't wait to read the next book in this amazing trilogy-This World We Live In.
Although I'm pretty sure I might need a massage and a stiff drink before I pick it up.
I can't wait until I have time to read books. I have had this one for a month from the library and haven't had time to pick it up. Glad it wasn't a disappointment—it sounds awesome/terrifying.
ReplyDeleteI've had my eye on this trilogy for a while, but haven't picked it up yet. Love your review of it. Glad to hear that you enjoyed it so much! :)
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