Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer
Reading level: Young Adult
Publisher: Graphia
Rated 10/10
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.MY REVIEW
This is the companion novel to Life As We Knew It. I happen to like this book just a lil better than the first one(they both are very good though) This book takes place in New York City instead of Pensylvania like the first. Alex is 17,an overachiever, and works hard at school and work. Then one night a meteor hits the moon and knocks it out of orbit(in this book we just see it through someone elses eyes,in this case it's Alex instead of Miranda) He goes home and thinks nothing of it til at 4 in the morning he is awoken by is uncle to help empty his store of all the food and other valuable stuff. Then he has to learn how to look out for himself and his two lil sisters fast because his mom and dad never come home and are presumed dead. Alex has it very hard and even steals stuff off of dead bodies to use to barter for food in order to have enough to survive. Reading this book and the first one kinda scares me and makes me hope this never happens. It makes me appreciate what I have cuz I never know when I might not have it again. I totally think everyone should read this book!!!!
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