The Dead and the Gone - Brossura

Pfeffer, Susan Beth

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ISBN 10: 0547258550 ISBN 13: 9780547258553

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010

Riassunto

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 novel explores how a young man takes on unimaginable responsibilities.

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Recensione:

* "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

[set star] "As riveting as Life as We Knew It and even grittier. . . . The powerful images and wrenching tragedies will haunt readers." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

[set star] "Everything Pfeffer writes about seems wrenchingly plausible."--Booklist (starred review)

"Incredibly engaging."--Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Life As We Knew It:

· An ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Booklist Editor's Choice, a Book Sense Pick, received two starred reviews (Booklist & PW), and was nominated for six state awards and the Andre Norton and Hal Clement Sci Fi awards. · LAWKI is all over the blogosphere (readers call it "a perfect apocalyptic novel" and "one of the year's best books")

L'autore:

SUSAN BETH PFEFFER is the author of many books for teens, including Life As We Knew It and the bestselling novel The Year Without Michael. She lives in Middletown, New York.www.susanbethpfeffer.blogspot.com

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0547258550
• ISBN 13: 9780547258553
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 321