From the Bookshelf of Apocalypse Whenever…

The Dead and the Gone (Last Survivors, #2)

Susan Beth Pfeffer

Why we're reading this: Susan Beth Pfeffer’s Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated readers with its brutal but hopeful loo…more
[close] 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.

Find A Copy At

Libraries

Group Discussions About This Book

No group discussions for this book yet.

What Members Thought

Jan 22, 2010 Erin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, post-apocalypse-dystopia

LOVE this series, although it may be a bit too depressing for some young adult readers, and a perfect story to read on a day where we learn that the Earth has shifted on its axis as a result of the earthquake in Chile.

1 like · Like · see review

Nov 20, 2007 Lucy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: post-apocalyptic, teen

Alex Morales is a seventeen year old honor student, whose biggest worry is winning class elections so he’ll have something impressive for his college applications. On the day that an asteroid crashes into the moon and life as he knew it is changed forever, his dad is in Puerto Rico at his grandmother’s funeral, and his mom is in Queens, at the hospital where she works.

And so Alex is left in charge. In charge of protecting his two younger sisters, Briana and Julie. In charge of making sure they h ...more

Like · see review

Oct 15, 2011 Deena Thomson rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I know there are a lot of mixed reviews with this series but I am enjoying it, well however much you can enjoy doom and gloom. Alex is hard to like, but not because he is bad, but because his personality seems a little void of emotion, mind you I guess mine would be also if I were in his shoes. I didn't like it more than the first book, but I would say I liked it equal. Different points of view, same time period. I am curious how I will find the third. ...more

Like · see review

Dec 29, 2018 Gwyn rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018

Damn. It was a hard start at first. It’s not written in journal form like the first book. Which, ended up making it better in a way. Lost track of time 300 pages in. Now it’s midnight and I have to wait for a copy for the third book to be available at the library. Damn. Good book.

Like · see review