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 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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 05/01/2008
ISBN: 9780152061548
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.90w x 1.00d
Award: Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award - Nominee
Award: Green Mountain Book Award - Nominee
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 109087 / Life as We Knew It
Reading Level: 4.7 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 14