The companion novels are: The Dead and the Gone, This World We Live In, and The Shade of the Moon. Susan Beth Pfeffer's Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated readers with its brutal but hopeful look at an apocalyptic event-an asteroid hitting the moon, setting off a tailspin of horrific climate changes. Life as We Know It is an extraordinary series debut. Worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks out the sun. Like one marble hitting another, when the moon slams closer to earth, the result is catastrophic. Life as We Knew It Characters Miranda Evans Miranda Evans The sixteen-year-old narrator of the novel, which is told in the format of her diary entries. This grittily provocative debut explores the horrors of self-harm and the healing power of artistic expression. I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's still would be open. Like most issue books, this is not an easy read, but its poignant and transcendent as Charlie breaks more and more before piecing herself back together. 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.Īs 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. When a meteor knocks the moon closer to earth, Miranda, a high school sophomore, takes shelter with her family. New York Times bestseller! A heart-stopping post-apocalyptic thriller that's "absorbing from first to last page."*
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