The Dead & The Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer is a companion novel to her Life As We Knew It. It is the same set of events in another location, with different characters.An asteroid hits the moon, changing its orbit. With the moon closer to the Earth, its gravitational influence is stronger. Tides raise by feet, volcanoes erupt, earthquakes and tsunamis are frequent.
Alex Morales and his family live in NYC. When the moon is hit, his father is away in Puerto Rico for a funeral and his mother is on her way to work in Queens.
Alex and his sisters Briana and Julie are on their own. Will they be able to survive without adults around to help? As events worsen and food and clean water become scarce, how with three teens make their way in the new world?
Both of Pfeffer's novels on this theme are intense. The contrast between the rural community and New York City's upper west side is interesting. Two novels from different points of view is brilliant.
Pfeffer, Susan Beth. (2008). The Dead & The Gone. New York: Houghton Mifflin Inc.
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