Life As We Knew It ( Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors)) (Reprint) (Paperback) by Susan Beth Pfeffer

About the Book

When a meteor hits the Moon, Miranda must learn to survive the unimaginable. Told in 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.

Book Synopsis

In this New York Times best-seller, when a meteor knocks the moon closer to earth, Miranda, a high school sophomore, takes shelter with her family in this heart-stopping post-apocalyptic thriller that's "absorbing from first to last page."* (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's still would be open. Like one marble hitting another, when the moon slams closer to earth, the result is catastrophic. Worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks 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, Life as We Knew It chronicles the human struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all--hope--in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world.

Review Quotes

An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

A 2011 ALA Popular Paperbacks Title

A CCBC Choice

A Junior Library Guild Premier Selection

A Listening Library Selection

An Amazon.com Best Book of the Year

* Absorbing from first page to last.--Publishers Weekly, starred review

Riveting and deeply frightening.--The Bulletin
You will read it in one sitting, fighting back tears as you bite your nails.--Teenreads.com