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.
---from the Barnes and Noble website
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I'm curious. What opinions do you all have of Julie? Watch her closely. Is she a whining preteen or something more? What about Alex's treatment of her?
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I am only on page 30ish and so far she has been pretty much a whining preteen. I guess I will have to keep reading and she what happens!
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