E-audiobook
The dead and the gone
Record details
- ISBN: 9780739363676 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 0739363670 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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Physical Description:
electronic resource
remote - Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : Listening Library, 2008.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 8:51:25. |
| Target Audience Note: | Age group: ages 9-12. Grade range: grade 4 - grade 8. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 127285 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Genre: | DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOK. Science fiction. Audiobooks. |
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Susan Beth Pfeffer's Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated listeners 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. - Random House, Inc.
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