Book: The Dead And The Gone

 Book: The Dead And The Gone

Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer

Pages: 336

This is my 141st read for the year

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Alex Morales is an average high schooler focused on his after-school job, helping his dad out with building superintendent responsibilities, and getting good grades so he can make it into an Ivy League college.  But when the moon alters its gravitatioal pull and catastrophic events ensue, everything changes.  Now, he has to care for his younger sisters, decide whether it's ethical to rob the dead, and keep the hope alive that their lost parents will return.  The author investigates what it takes to survive when the odds are stacked against you in this captivating story about ssacrifice and humanity.

This book was fine.  I was a little surprised -considering this is a second book in a series - that it was almost a repeat of book 1 just with a different family.  I did look ahead to books 3 and 4, and see that is is going to tie them together.  The writing is still very juvenile - the characters very shallow.  I liked Alex the main character okay - his sister Julie was awful.  I also liked Alex's friends who helped him when his parents didn't return.   It was just a bit of a bummer to read almost a repeat story when I had just finished the first one.  I didn't find enough differences to make it worth it.  I am going to try book 3 but if it is just okay I will stop.

Stars: 3