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Monica Goodman

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Susan Beth Pfeffer is a retired American author best known for her young adult science fiction novels. She was born in New York City on February 17, 1948. Her father published a book about constitutional law when she was six and sense then she always wanted to be an author. She has been nominated for many awards and citations for her books and she has now written over 60 books.

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When an asteroid on a collision course towards the moon collided with it, it drastically knocked the moon out of earth's orbit causing catastrophic tides, natural disasters and intense climate change. Alex is now stuck to fend for himself and his 2 sisters without knowing what will happen. With his parents and older brother out of reach and with no way of contacting them he is stuck to find ways to feed, shelter and protect his siters from the dangers that are yet to come. Alex faces a Man v. Nature conflict with other conflicts intertwined.

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This story is written in the third person following the events Alex faces in struggling to survive and take care of his 2 sisters in a post astronomical catastrophe New York City.

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Alex Morales is a 17-year-old Hispanic teenager living in New York City with his sisters and his parents. He is a strong willed and stubborn teenager who is president of his class and has top grades. He is persistent and will do whatever he needs to do to take care of his sisters. He always puts others needs above his own.

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Draconian (adjective)- means excessively harsh and severe

the priest is explaining how the punishments they are imposing might seem overly harsh.

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St. Vincent de Paul Academy is the school at which Alex attends. This school is named after an Occitan Catholic Priest. Alex is his class president and has great grades. he goes to his school as a last resort for food throughout the summer. he also confides in the headmaster in what to do about his sisters and how he can help them.

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Bri is a 15-year-old girl living in New York with her parents and siblings. She is strong willed and very devote to her religion. she is a little selfish and will think of herself before other sometimes. She chooses to stick to her own opinions and doesn't want to believe the facts that are presented to her. She cares deeply about her siblings and prays that their life will turn out better.

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Alex was working when an asteroid collided with the move causing it to be thrown out of its original orbit and cause catastrophic changes to earth's atmosphere. Alex is left to take care of his 2 sisters after both of his parents have disappeared.

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They live in a building where their father is the landlord. Throughout the story they move throughout the apartments searching for valuables and food to keep themselves alive. Towards the end of the book they end up being the only remaining family left in the building. the sparingly use the elevator because the power keeps cutting in and out but within the last few chapters Bri goes missing and after a few days the find her body in the elevator where she got stuck when the power died.

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"If God wanted a world full of saints, he wouldn't have created adolescence." The priest told Alex this after he confessed his sins to him explaining how he felt bad about what he had to do to keep him and his sister alive and well.

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" Knowledge is the enemy of fear." When you know the facts and how things work it can help eliminate the irrational fear that come along with that of what's unknown.

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Alex's family was a Christian family. Alex and both of his sisters attended Christan schools and prayed daily. their church was a big part of their survival in this trying time, and it helped keep them afloat.

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"Sometimes the rules don't work. Sometimes the rules are anarchy." After New York went to shambles it is hard to continue living by the rules. if you keep obeying the rules that were put in place there is a high chance you wont survive the changing atmosphere and the disasters that keep appearing. by following the rules you would be putting yourself in danger.

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Alex grew up as a Hispanic New yorker. his family is from Puerto Rico and during the book his father went to Puerto Rico to attend his grandmother's funeral. Since Puerto Rico is an island, the tides mostly destroyed the coastlines where his father was staying resulting in him not knowing whether his father survived and also never finding out.

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"The red that dripped out of his nose and mouth, the only color left in New York" this statement holds a strong sense of imagery and paints a vivid picture in one's mind about what New York looks like in Alex's mind. The entire world was painted in a scenery of greys and whites and now the one-color Alex sees amongst the vast darkness is the blood that drips from Kevins nose and mouth as he bleeds out in the snow.

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After the moon got knocked of course Alex's whole life was changed. His mother never returned home and with his father in Puerto Rico, he was left to fend for himself and his sisters. He had no way of making money, so he had to steal and scavenge for food to be able to feed himself and his sisters. He tried everything to keep them safe and even sent his sister away to a convent so she would be fed and taken care of, while he took care of his younger sister who he didn't get along with great.

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" The bed looked inviting" This is an example of personification used in the book The Dead and the Gone. Alex used this personification as a way to express how tired he was and how he wanted to go to bed.

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This story is about perseverance and not giving up when things get hard, That even when things seem like nothing is worth it and everything seems to be going wrong that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and things will get better.

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votive-offered or consecrated in fulfillment of a vow

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"stay alive, that will be payment enough." This was told to Alex by his old friends dad after he gave him a way to finally escape from what was left of the desolate New York City. He just wanted him to be safe just like he wanted his own kid to be safe

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"Sounds like broken glass is falling from the sky" The sound of the hail and rain that pours down on the building is haunting and shattering. Listening the rain fall is making them lose hope about everything that has been going on. Their parents are still missing, and they are running low on food and supplies

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archdiocese-the district for which an archbishop is responsible.

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"New York City is on life support" The city was left with only what it had before the apocalypse started and its resources were dwindling out. The author uses a hyperbole to add life to the ever dying remains of New York City as it dwindles into nothingness.