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Books with author Susan Pfeffer

  • Starring Peter and Leigh

    Susan Beth Pfeffer

    Paperback (Dell Pub Co, July 1, 1980)
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  • This World We Live In

    Susan Beth Pfeffer

    Paperback (Graphia, April 18, 2011)
    In the year that has passed since a meteor collided with the moon, Miranda’s friends and neighbors have died, the landscape has frozen, and food has become increasingly scarce. The struggle to survive intensifies when Miranda’s father and stepmother arrive with a baby and three strangers in tow. One of the newcomers is Alex Morales, and as Miranda’s complicated feelings for him turn to love, his plans for his future thwart their relationship. Then a devastating tornado hits, and Miranda makes a decision that will change their lives forever.
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  • Fantasy Summer

    Susan Beth Pfeffer

    Hardcover (Putnam Pub Group, June 1, 1984)
    Sixteen-year-old Robin's summer in New York, as an intern on a teen magazine, provides her with both happy and sobering experiences that expand her understanding of herself and other people.
  • The Dead and the Gone

    Susan Beth Pfeffer

    Paperback (Graphia, Jan. 18, 2010)
    Susan Beth Pfeffer’s Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated readers with its brutal but hopeful look at an apocalyptic event--an asteroid hitting the moon, setting off a tailspin of horrific climate changes. Now this harrowing companion novel examines the same events as they unfold in New York City, revealed through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Puerto Rican Alex Morales. When Alex's parents disappear in the aftermath of tidal waves, he must care for his two younger sisters, even as Manhattan becomes a deadly wasteland, and food and aid dwindle. With haunting themes of family, faith, personal change, and courage, this powerful novel explores how a young man takes on unimaginable responsibilities.
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  • Courage, Dana

    Susan Beth Pfeffer

    Hardcover (Delacorte Pr, April 1, 1983)
    A heroine for saving a boy's life, Dana is challenged to stay in a dark graveyard alone to really test her bravery--and when she leaves the graveyard her bravery is tested in an unforeseen way
  • The Dead and the Gone

    Susan Beth Pfeffer

    Hardcover (HMH Books for Young Readers, June 1, 2008)
    Susan Beth Pfeffer’s Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated readers with its brutal but hopeful look at an apocalyptic event--an asteroid hitting the moon, setting off a tailspin of horrific climate changes. Now this harrowing companion novel examines the same events as they unfold in New York City, revealed through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Puerto Rican Alex Morales. When Alex's parents disappear in the aftermath of tidal waves, he must care for his two younger sisters, even as Manhattan becomes a deadly wasteland, and food and aid dwindle. With haunting themes of family, faith, personal change, and courage, this powerful new novel explores how a young man takes on unimaginable responsibilities.
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  • Dear Dad, Love Laurie

    Susan Beth Pfeffer

    Library Binding (Scholastic, Feb. 1, 1989)
    Laurie's letters to her divorced father chronicle her year in the sixth grade and her efforts to enter her school's program for the gifted and talented
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  • Who Were They Really ?

    Susan Beth Pfeffer

    Library Binding (Millbrook Press, Sept. 1, 1999)
    Discusses the real people who provided the inspiration for popular characters from children's literature, including Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Christopher Robin, and Mother Goose
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  • Just Morgan

    Susan Beth Pfeffer

    Loose Leaf (H. Z. Walck, Aug. 16, 1970)
    Traces the development of numbers, counting systems, and counting machines.
  • THEA AT SIXTEEN

    Susan Beth Pfeffer

    Hardcover (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, Oct. 1, 1988)
    As she seeks her niche in life, Thea becomes involved in volunteer work at the local hospital.
  • Marly the Kid

    Susan Beth Pfeffer

    Paperback (Dell Pub Co, Feb. 1, 1978)
    During her sophomore year Marly greatly affects her life by acting on two decisions--to live with her father instead of her mother and to refuse to take insulting remarks from her history teacher.
  • Friendship Pact

    Susan Beth Pfeffer

    Paperback (Scholastic, Jan. 16, 1988)
    Tracy’s favorite TV star is coming to town, and she will do anything to meet him face to face..... The two people Tracy loves most are Rabbit O’Shea, a smooth-talking bad boy, and Ross Perlman, an innocent young man with a golden voice. She could never choose between them, and she’ll never have to, because Rabbit is a TV character, and Ross is the actor who plays him. When Ross announces a concert in Tracy’s hometown, she pledges to do whatever it takes to meet the real-life Rabbit—a decision that could cost her everything she holds dear. She and her best friend, Andrea, make a pact that they will meet Ross together or not at all. But when one of them gets the chance to meet him alone, it threatens to tear their friendship apart. Suddenly, Tracy finds herself longing for the days when Ross Perlman was just another poster on her wall.
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