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All We Have Is Now

by Lisa Schroeder
Julia Whelan
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From the author of THE BRIDGE FROM ME TO YOU, a groundbreaking novel about what matters most — when time is running out.

What do you do with your last day on earth?There are 27 hours and fifteen minutes left until an asteroid strikes North America, and, for Emerson and everyone else who didn't leave, the world will end. But Emerson's world already ended when she ran away from home last year. Since then she has lived on the streets, relying on her wits and her friend Vince to help her find places to sleep and food to eat.The city's quieter now that most people are gone, and no one seems to know what to do as the end approaches. But then Emerson and Vince meet Carl, who tells them that he has been granting people's wishes. He gave his car away so a woman could take her son to see the ocean for the first time, and he gives Emerson and Vince all the money he has in his wallet.Suddenly this last day seems full of possibility. Emerson and Vince can grant a lot of wishes in 27 hours — maybe even their own.

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  • Release date

    June 1, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781338241525
      • File size: 165910 KB
      • Duration: 05:45:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 550
    • Text Difficulty: 2-3

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Julia Whelan adds gravity to a story that begins the day before an asteroid is to destroy much of the U.S. Runaways Emerson and Vince meet Carl, a man who suggests that the teens spend their final hours doing good deeds. Whelan creates voices and uses expression to manage the shifting points of view as Emerson and Vince make wishes come true all over Portland, Oregon, while Carl takes a different path, trying to get home to his wife. The story stretches credibility with its coincidences and occasional oversimplification, but Whelan counteracts those weaknesses with her excellent characterizations and serious tone, which engage listeners' emotions and propel the plot. This book will remind listeners of Susan Beth Pfeffer's LIFE AS WE KNEW IT series. A.F. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:550
  • Text Difficulty:2-3

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