© 2008, Harcourt Publishers
A companion novel to Life As We Knew it (see previous review), this story follows the life of Alex Morales from the night the meteor hits the moon. Alex is a junior at a prestigous high school in New York City who dreams of making it big when he goes to college. Hardwork and school have been Alex’s life for so long, but now New York City is facing a crisis. As a coastal city, they have been hit hard by the changing tides due to the moon’s new orbit and Manhatten is slowly turning in a wasteland. Alex’s parents have disappeared, and he’s left to take care of his two younger sisters. As days turn to weeks and even months, Alex realizes he’s the head of the household and must grow up faster than he intended. Facing the severity of the situation, Alex is forced to barter goods stolen from his apartment building (no one really lives there anymore – so is it still stealing if no one is there to claim it?), “body shopping”, and risk his integrity and his family’s just for food so he and his sisters can survive. Few of the boys at his prestigious high school have returned to continue their education, many of them have been transported out of the city on the convoy buses designated to save Manhattan’s elite. Alex’s friend Chris gave him a card that may help him and his sisters escape the treachery that is overpowering the city, but will he get the chance to use it before it’s too late??
The third book in the exciting series, This World We Live In, brings Miranda from Life As We Knew It and Alex together (and many other characters whose whereabouts have been unknown/presumed dead) in what hopefully will be another gripping tale of survival in this new apocolyptic world (publish date – TBD).
Appropriate for ages 12+
Currently Reading: You Know Where to Find Me by Rachel Cohn, © 2008, Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing
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