Through the course of the novel, Alex learns to fend for his family by any means, including stealing from the ever increasing dead with his new friend, Kevin Daley. Alex believes strongly in God, but struggles as his world continues to collapse around him.
Julie, on the other hand, begins the novel as a bratty child who cares little for others.
All three siblings are religious, but Briana takes her faith to a new level as she aspires to become a nun. Alex has two younger sisters, religious fourteen-year-old Briana, and spoiled twelve-year-old Julie, who become his wards. Alex Morales is seventeen years old when the disaster happens and his mother and father are both gone at the time of the event and continue to be missing throughout the novel. "The Dead and the Gone" is the story of the Morales family's struggles following the catastrophic asteroid collision with the moon that causes massive flooding, tsunami's, earthquakes, volcanoes, and other natural disasters that leave the world completely unstable. They are led through the chaos by Alex Morales, a seventeen-year-old young man who discovers through the novel that he is stronger than he realized, and that his faith, along with his family, can survive. It is a story of faith, hope, desperation, and sacrifice that follows one family, the Morales, through their trials and tribulations. "The Dead and the Gone" is a dark and frightening tale about the Earth following a catastrophe that leaves the world torn and society fragmented.
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