I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald’s still would be open. High school sophomore Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a split second when an asteroid knocks the moon closer to Earth, like “one marble hits another.” The result is catastrophic. How can her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis are wiping out the coasts, earthquakes are rocking the … are rocking the continents, and volcanic ash is blocking out the sun? As August turns dark and wintery in northeastern Pennsylvania, 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 a year’s worth of journal entries, this heart-pounding story chronicles Miranda’s struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all–hope–in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world. An extraordinary series debut!
Susan Beth Pfeffer has written several companion novels to Life As We Knew It, including The Dead and the Gone, This World We Live In, and The Shade of the Moon.
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I think that this book is going to be one of the best books i will ever read. and yes anyone who want to read the rest of the series i totaly recommend it.
This book really makes you think bout everything you have that we take advantage of. This book is a must read for everyone at some point. Don’t miss this magical story of family, love, hardships, and loss.
I read this book a few years ago, and fell in love with it. Miranda and her family have to navigate an uncertain and scary world after a meteor hits the moon, causing the moon to be closer to the earth. It makes you think about how to be more prepared in natural disasters and think about what you would do in any situation. Read it and be hooked …
I don’t know how to review this books exactly. I loved the story line, plot, characters, etc. However, I am not that big of a fan that it is written in a diary format. I feel as though this book would be amazing if written from just the POV of Miranda, but I also believe that a multi-POV from them all would be exciting and informative as well! I …
4.5
It would probably be more honest to list this book as “Great World Destroying” because the whole book is an intimate look at the lives of one semi-rural family after the moon’s orbit is significantly shifted, causing apocalyptic climate changes with devastating results. Told through the journal entries of the sixteen-year-old daughter, the author …
this is my favorite movie and book
Loved it!!! Made me think about survival.
Highly recommended. Works especially well when taught in middle grade science or high school Earth/Environmental Science.
Loved this book. It took a little bit of a push to start to read it, but once I started I didn’t want to put it down, I can’t wait to see what the rest of the series has to offer.
Really good.
I loved this book. It gives a realistic impression of what one would experience should something like this ever happen. There is a cross over book that the author wrote that brings 2 of the books together. It is definitely worth the read
I’m all for the “survival of the fittest when tragedy strikes” novels. I normally like the hardcore kind. Given this was a young adult novel, I didn’t expect it to be graphic, violent or truly horrific which is why I went into it expecting more light-hearted fiction — and that’s what I got. Nothing too clever or deep, but it did make me sad a few …
I recommend reading it on a sunny day. 🙂
I really enjoyed the diary format of the book. The characters were realistic and it more of a realistic fiction. I really enjoy books of survival and this was well done.
I just finished the book, and I have to say it was great. The ending was a bit disappointing but, overall the story was fantastic
One of the best!
I read this book a very long time ago but I never forgot how much I loved it and can’t believe I didn’t know there were more
we have to read it for la and i was amazed at what a good plot it had