This whole book is Miranda’s Diary and her side of the story when life as she knows it, comes to an end. In the beginning of the book a meteor hits the moon, knocking it out of it’s own orbit, knocking it closer to the earth, therefore changing the climate of earth drastically. When Miranda and her family hear this they go to the grocery store hoping to stock up on food for the upcoming times.They get a lot of food but waste gas, which is up to 10 dollars a gallon! They get through the spring and fall, learning new things happening to the world, like volcanos erupting, ash going into the air, and making it hard to breathe. Suddenly near the middle of Winter, they run out of food!!! Will Miranda and her family make it through the Winter? Well you’ll have to find out by reading this book, Life as we Knew it, by Susan Pffefer.
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I also agree with you that this is a great book, but I don’t think you talked about the characters or setting much. Miranda has two brothers named Jonny and Matt. Jonny is 13 years old, Miranda is 16 years old, and Matt is in college. They also have a dad who lives in Springfield, MA with his wife Lisa. Miranda and her family live in Pennsylvania. My favorite part when everyone was running in a stampede to the grocery store because they were all closing. Another favorite part was when everyone was yelling and screaming because the asteroid knocked the moon out of orbit. This event resulted in many changes to the Earth such as floods, volcanic eruptions, and ice storms. I think this book will appeal to both boys and girls. I also believe this is an exciting action, adventure book. This book is 337 pages long and has some inappropriate words, but I still enjoyed it. I hope you take the time to read Life As We Knew It.
David G.
I enjoyed this book as well, and I like how you both laid out a good review of the book. I think you could talk about the perspective and how the book is written. Well this book is written as Miranda’s journal with her view and it shows how she suffers, emotionally and physically.
I also think this book would appeal to boys and girls, and I do admit that it was funny when everyone was freaking out when about the asteriod moving the moon out of orbit and causing natural disasters.
Catlinh N.
The story is good, but the facts aren’t. Tides GO IN AND OUT they don’t stay, covering land. In other words, the surface of the ocean wouldn’t rise. Though the town is on or in wooded areas, with people hungry, no mention is ever made of hunting or fishing. Rabbits, squirrels, and birds might not be favorite food, but they are food. Wells do not pump water on their own. Yet without electricity the water keeps coming when a tap is turned on in the house. And – the water runs out “because there are more people at their house than at Mrs. Nesbitt’s.” No – water in wells is a factor of the water table, and unless one house is uphill from another, houses near each other would have roughly the same water level in their wells. Mrs. Nestitt’s well could have been deeper than Miranda’s family, but the fact that Mrs. Nesbitt was the only one at her house would not matter.
As for the plot, whoever edited the book did a lousy job. For instance, Dan asks Miranda to the prom in an early chapter, and then later meets her at the hospital and says he was trying to get up the nerve to do so.
There are many other plot problems, but still the story is realistic in many aspects and worth reading.
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