Life As We Knew It

What an interesting book !!!! This Rebecca Caudill nominated book by Susan Beth Pfeffer is told through journal entries. The reading is fairly easy, but the story itself is so dramatic. When a meteor knocks the moon closer to the earth, it sets off UNBELIEVABLE events around the world...tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions. Miranda, 16, the main character in the story, however, BELIEVES because she is living through it...or trying to. She struggles to survive, along with her mother and two brothers, on stockpiled food, limited water, and heat from a wood-burning stove. The entries explain how the family prepares for the future when they aren't even sure there is a future. At one point, Miranda doesn't even care....Why should she? No electricity, no pizza, no swimming, no life!!! Then she reminds herself that at least they have each other and as long as they stay together they will make it. Or will they? A riveting book that will keep you reading!