Friday, February 25, 2011

This World We Live In

"This World We Live In" (Last Survivors #3) by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Hardcover: 239 pages
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books (April 1, 2010)

Book Description:
It's been a year since a meteor collided with the moon, catastrophically altering the earth's climate.  Miranda and her two brothers spend their days scavenging for food and household items, while their mother stays at home and desperately tries to hold on to the ordinary activities of their previous life.  But they all know that nothing is truly normal in this surreal new world they live in.


The struggle to survive intensifies when Miranda's father and stepmother arrive with a baby and three strangers in tow.  One of the newcomers is Alex Morales, and as Miranda's complicated feelings for him turn to love, his plans for his future thwart their relationship.  Then a devastating tornado hits the town of Howell, and Miranda makes a decision that will change their lives forever.

Since this book was (I believe) the last in this series, I wanted to read it.  This book could have been much better and was only told through Miranda's eyes.  Since Alex was introduced in the last book I thought that there would be entries from his point of view.  Nope.

The story picks up where the first book left off in the life of Miranda and her family.  Then Alex and the rest of the new characters enter the picture. There are interesting aspects of how they have adapted and coped in this wasteland of a world, but mostly the book is about the battle that Miranda and Alex go through with each other.  There is a marriage, more deaths and more starvation in this last book although a different type of ending.  The ending makes me mad.  I wish it was different, and that's all I'm going to say about that.  This book should be read if you read the first two.  You'll be a little disappointed, but not much.

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