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Susan Beth Pfeffer

Auteur van Life as We Knew It

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Susan Beth Pfeffer was born in New York City in 1948, and grew up in the city and its nearby suburbs. At the age of six, when her father wrote and published a book, Pfeffer decided she, too, wanted to be a writer; that year, she wrote her first story. She didn't write her first published book, toon meer until much later. Just Morgan, a young adult novel, was written during her final semester at New York University, and published the following year. Since then, Pfeffer has been a full-time writer for young people. She has won numerous awards and citations for her work, which ranges from picture books to middle-grade and young-adult novels and includes both contemporary and historical fiction. Her young adult novel About David was awarded the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award. Her young adult novel The Year Without Michael, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and winner of the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award, was named by the American Library Association as one of the hundred best books for teenagers written between 1968-1993. Pfeffer has also written a book for adults on writing for children. She has written over 60 books for children and young adults. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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Life as We Knew It (2006) 5,261 exemplaren
The Dead and the Gone (2008) 2,326 exemplaren
This World We Live In (2010) 1,599 exemplaren
The Shade of the Moon (2013) 549 exemplaren
Kid Power (1977) 445 exemplaren
The Year Without Michael (1987) 199 exemplaren
Blood Wounds (2011) 179 exemplaren
Meg's Story (1997) 148 exemplaren
Twice Taken (1994) 87 exemplaren
Friendship Pact (1986) 83 exemplaren
Pizza Puzzle (1996) 82 exemplaren
Kid Power Strikes Back (1984) 59 exemplaren
The Life As We Knew It Collection (2015) 48 exemplaren
Turning Thirteen (1988) 47 exemplaren
Jo Makes a Friend (1998) 47 exemplaren
Nobody's Daughter (1995) 41 exemplaren
About David (1980) 41 exemplaren
Just Between Us (1980) 40 exemplaren
Beth Makes a Friend (1998) 40 exemplaren
Courage, Dana (1983) 39 exemplaren
Meg Makes a Friend (1998) 39 exemplaren
Birthday Wishes (1999) 32 exemplaren
A Gift for Amy (1999) 31 exemplaren
Amy Makes a Friend (1998) 30 exemplaren
Dear Dad, Love Laurie (1989) 29 exemplaren
A Gift for Beth (1999) 26 exemplaren
A Gift for Meg (1999) 26 exemplaren
Starring Peter and Leigh (1979) 24 exemplaren
A Gift for Jo (1999) 23 exemplaren
Most Precious Blood (1991) 23 exemplaren
Justice for Emily (1997) 22 exemplaren
Who Were They Really? (1999) 22 exemplaren
Ghostly Tales (2000) 22 exemplaren
Fantasy Summer (1984) 22 exemplaren
Truth or Dare (1984) 20 exemplaren
Just Morgan (1970) 20 exemplaren
Sybil at Sixteen (1989) 19 exemplaren
Family of Strangers (1992) 18 exemplaren
Evvie at Sixteen (1988) 18 exemplaren
The Riddle Streak (1993) 18 exemplaren
Thea at Sixteen (1988) 16 exemplaren
Claire at Sixteen (1989) 15 exemplaren
Rewind to Yesterday (1988) 15 exemplaren
Starting With Melodie (1982) 14 exemplaren
Meg at Sixteen (1990) 13 exemplaren
The Ring of Truth (1993) 12 exemplaren
Make Believe (1993) 12 exemplaren
Marly the Kid (1978) 11 exemplaren
Twin Surprises (1991) 11 exemplaren
Future Forward (1989) 9 exemplaren
Beauty Queen (1977) 9 exemplaren
A Matter of Principle (1982) 8 exemplaren
Getting Even (1986) 7 exemplaren
Paper Dolls (1984) 7 exemplaren
Hard Times High (1986) 6 exemplaren
Head of the Class (1989) 6 exemplaren
Better Than All Right (1972) 5 exemplaren
The Trouble with Wishes (1996) 5 exemplaren
Awful Evelina (1979) 5 exemplaren
Sara Kate Saves the World (1995) 4 exemplaren
Twin Troubles (1994) 4 exemplaren
April Upstairs (1990) 4 exemplaren
Wanting It All (1985) 4 exemplaren
Devil's Den (1998) 4 exemplaren
On the Move (1985) 4 exemplaren
Take Two and...Rolling! (1988) 3 exemplaren
Love Scenes (1986) 3 exemplaren
Darcy Downstairs (1990) 3 exemplaren
Prime Time (1985) 3 exemplaren
Sara Kate, Superkid (1994) 2 exemplaren
Whatever Words You Want to Hear (2015) 2 exemplaren
Rainbows & Fireworks (2015) 2 exemplaren
Spurred Ambition 1 exemplaar
Make Me a Star (1987) 1 exemplaar

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After (2012) — Medewerker — 343 exemplaren
Sixteen: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults (1985) — Medewerker — 161 exemplaren
Visions: 19 Short Stories (1987) — Medewerker — 72 exemplaren
Center Stage: One-Act Plays for Teenage Readers and Actors (1990) — Medewerker — 47 exemplaren
Connections (1989) — Medewerker — 44 exemplaren

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I stayed up until two this morning to finish this book, and then I couldn’t sleep thinking about what would really happen if the moon was knocked out of its orbit by an asteroid. Would tidal waves (not tsunamis, they’re caused by seaquakes) really get big enough to wash out the Hawaiian Islands and West Coast? Would I, a single person with little or no resources, be a survivor? Would it bring out the worst in humanity? By far, this is the most depressing YA book I have read yet.
 
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mimo | 401 andere besprekingen | Dec 18, 2023 |
The premise was interesting, and carried me through the end of the book. But the protagonist didn't seem to really struggle with anything that was happening to her. Every time some obstacle appeared in her life, it was resolved with no glitches or lasting complications. There was no hamartia or irony or twist to make the narrator's relationship with the global collapse interesting beyond the snooze inducing "anyone would be upset if this was happening to the planet" (except, is she even upset?)

A set of dangerous diseases somehow traverses the Atlantic ocean without any human travel. The protagonist learns about the danger, does the teenager thing of saying that she'll be fine and disregards the new rules that are meant to keep her alive. I expect consequences for that kind of decision making.

Without repercussions for bad choices, a post-apocalyptic story can take on the air of text in a cereal box puzzle.
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iothemoon | 401 andere besprekingen | Sep 27, 2023 |
In this book the some people can never live a new place and whether change because they never survive and they dead.
 
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84
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Leden
12,701
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