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The Day the World Went Away
Thirteen teen-agers experience a period of terror when their school is mysteriously closed, their parents disappear, and a gang of youths plans to build a new world for losers.
- GenresYoung Adult
138 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1973
About the author
Anne E. Schraff
336 books382 followersAnne Elaine Schraff grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She received both her bachelor's and master's degrees from California State University at Northridge and taught high school for ten years.
Anne paid her way through college by writing short stories for magazines. Since college she has written hundreds of stories and over eighty books including historical fiction, biographies, science books, and her favorite, fictional books for young people. She is published as both Anne Schraff and Anne E. Schraff.
Her background, which she describes as "multicultural, lower middle-class neighborhood, including African Americans, Mexican Americans, Arab Americans, and Filipino Americans," is her greatest inspiration when writing.
Anne paid her way through college by writing short stories for magazines. Since college she has written hundreds of stories and over eighty books including historical fiction, biographies, science books, and her favorite, fictional books for young people. She is published as both Anne Schraff and Anne E. Schraff.
Her background, which she describes as "multicultural, lower middle-class neighborhood, including African Americans, Mexican Americans, Arab Americans, and Filipino Americans," is her greatest inspiration when writing.
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October 3, 2019
Turns out, biker hippies did it.
August 6, 2022
There is a place that still remains
It eats the fear it eats the pain
The sweetest price he'll have to pay
The day the whole world went away
Na na nah
Na na na, nah
It eats the fear it eats the pain
The sweetest price he'll have to pay
The day the whole world went away
Na na nah
Na na na, nah
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August 9, 2022
April 24, 2023
This book has:
Crazy hippies
The worlds smallest high school
Angsty teenagers
Spiked ginger ale
Crazy hippies
The worlds smallest high school
Angsty teenagers
Spiked ginger ale
December 3, 2022
I read thru this groovy book when I was in middle school during the 1980's. Although it only mildly enthralled me then, the plot is scary in a different way now that I'm an adult. Little did I know then that it would foreshadow a future mass shootings and lockdowns.
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