<P> Pfeffer's novel Life As We Knew It was created after watching the original film Meteor (1979), noting that "it got (her) thinking about how the people who have the most to lose if the world comes to an end are kids," and wanted to see how her characters would cope with a situation that was out of their control . The Dead and the Gone occurs at the same time as the first novel, Life As We Knew It, but in New York City . She playfully mentioned that "I figure with 300 million people alive in the United States, even if I write about 10 people a book, I can still get another 2,999,998 novels out of that meteor, and that should keep me busy and entertained well past the foreseeable future ." </P> <P> The Dead and the Gone uses a third - person narrative, while the previous book, Life As We Knew It, used a first - person narrative in a journal format . Asked about the change in narrative, Pfeffer replied quite simply that in her planning processes, she "just could not envision a teenage boy keeping a diary . It's as simple as that," accounting for the change . </P> <P> The Dead and the Gone follows 17 - year - old Alex Morales and his sisters, Briana and Julie, in their struggle to survive after an asteroid hits the Moon and knocks it out of orbit, closer to Earth . Taking place in New York, they are plagued with volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and tidal waves, and earthquakes, along with famine caused by food shortages and disease that kill millions of people in the process . Alex is forced to take care of his sisters in the absence of his mother and father and to raid dead bodies for valuables to trade for food . He struggles with his religious faith while trying desperately to survive . </P> <P> Alex Morales - A 17 - year - old boy who has to take care of his two younger sisters after a meteor hits the moon, knocking it closer to the earth, when his parents disappear . He blames himself for all of the things happening to his sisters . Near the end of the book, he also gets the flu . At the end he escapes the city with Julie as a fake priest and a helper he will be moving to a state where his aunt and his uncle have fled . </P>

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