Friday, February 25, 2011

Life As We Knew It

"Life as We Knew It (Last Survivors #1) by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Hardcover: 337 pages
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books (October 1, 2006)

Book Description:
Miranda's disbelief turns to fear in a split second when a meteor knocks the moon closer to the earth.  How should her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks out the sun?  As summer turns to Arctic winter, Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother retreat to the unexpected safe haven of their sunroom, where they subsist on stockpiled food and limited water in the warmth of a wood-burning stove.


Told in journal entries, this is the heart-pounding story of Miranda's struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all -- hope -- in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world.

I really enjoyed reading this book.  I love the whole idea of how the world might be if something like this would happen to the moon.  You don't realize how fragile our world is except when something catastrophic happens.

Miranda has a normal life.  When the meteor hits the moon, everyone doesn't think much about it until strange and disastrous events start happening.  Her mother (thankfully) realizes that they should probably get some food and warm clothing "just in case".  Since their home is on the outskirts of a town, they have little resources.  You see through Miranda's eyes how the world can change and how we have to change with it in order to survive.  A definite must-read.

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