Hardcover: 321 pages
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books (January 1, 2008)
Book Description:
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 on 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.
This book was almost as good as the first one. Alex Morales and his family are in New York City when this all happens and you see just how different their lives are and what effects this has on them in this setting. City life is a far cry from suburban life when catastrophic events happen. There is much more death and struggle in this book, although starvation is what really ties these books together. I certainly would not want to live in New York City myself if something like this ever happened. More people, more death, less food, fewer options. An overall good book.
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