We All Looked Up
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Publisher Description
Was wäre, wenn ein riesiger Asteroid durchs All Richtung Erde trudeln würde und man eventuell nur noch zehn Wochen Zeit hätte, um all seine Wünsche und Hoffnungen in die Tat umzusetzen?
Peter, Eliza, Anita und Andy müssen sich kurz vor dem Schulabschluss genau dieser Frage stellen. Ihnen bleiben zehn Wochen, um all ihre Hoffnungen und ihre Herzen in die Waagschale zu werfen, denn vielleicht, vielleicht, ist es die einzige Zukunft, die sie haben.
In diesem existentiellen Carpe-Diem-Szenario stellt sich für den Sunnyboy Peter ebenso wie für die ehrgeizige Anita die Frage, was für sie wirklich zählt, und auch der sorglose Andy und die fatalistische Eliza mit ihrer Nach-mir-die-Sintflut-Haltung müssen zum ersten Mal ernsthaft ihr Leben überdenken.
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An asteroid named Ardor is on course to destroy the world. As four Seattle teenagers count down the weeks until impact, they wrestle with the meaning of their lives and their possible deaths. Peter, a basketball golden boy, must decide if he should save his sister from her nihilistic boyfriend and whether true love is worth ignoring the status quo. Eliza, a photographer with an unseemly reputation, negotiates her father's cancer diagnosis, her mother's abandonment, and the need to chronicle the chaos erupting around her, while finding herself drawn to Peter. Rounding out the story's rotating voices are Anita, a straight-A student who just wants to sing, and Andy, a slacker who must decide where his loyalties lie and how to handle his dangerous friends. Debut novelist Wallach increases the tension among characters throughout, ending in a shocking climax that resonates with religious symbolism. Stark scenes alternating between anarchy and police states are counterbalanced by deepening emotional ties and ethical dilemmas, creating a novel that asks far bigger questions than it answers. Ages 14 up.
