Susan Beth Pfeffer Books

Janie, twelve, lines up snow shoveling jobs for the other children in her Kid Power organization, but faces stiff competition from another group of shovelers

I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's still would be open. High school sophomore Miranda's disbelief turns to fear in a split second when an asteroid knocks the moon closer to Earth, like "one marble hits another." The result is catastrophic. How can her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis are wiping out the coasts, earthquakes are rocking the continents, and volcanic ash is blocking out the sun? As August turns dark and wintery in northeastern Pennsylvania, Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother retreat to the unexpected safe haven of their sunroom, where they subsist on stockpiled food and limited water in the warmth of a wood-burning stove. Told in a year's worth of journal entries, this heart-pounding story chronicles Miranda's struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all--hope--in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world. An extraordinary series debut Susan Beth Pfeffer has written several companion novels to Life As We Knew It, including The Dead and the Gone, This World We Live In, and The Shade of the Moon.

A shocking crime committed by Willa's estranged father shatters her idyllic life, thrusting her into a world of danger and family secrets. Under police protection, she grapples with revelations about her mother's hidden past and questions her own identity. As Willa seeks to uncover the truth, she harbors a secret of her own that could jeopardize her family bonds. The story explores themes of trust, identity, and the complexities of familial relationships against a backdrop of impending danger.

After a meteor hits the moon and sets off a series of horrific climate changes, seventeen-year-old Alex Morales must take care of his sisters alone in the chaos of New York City.

The struggle for survival continues in this heart-wrenching companion to the bestsellers "Life as We Knew It" and "The Dead & The Gone."

Revealing to her friends that a political figure has made a pass at her, sixteen-year-old Sloan Fredericks, the daughter of a well-known family, finds herself desperately trying to escape a scandal and public scrutiny. Reprint.

In this eagerly awaited addition to the dystopian series begun with New York Times best-sellerLife As We Knew It, Jon Evans is one of the lucky ones—until he realizes that escaping his safe haven may be the only way to truly survive.

The house lights dim. The curtain begins to rise... ...on ten original one-act plays by some of today's best writers of young adult fiction; Some of the plays are funny, some serious; all offer special insights into the problems and triumphs of teenagers;