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Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer is an amazing book about a family that tries to survive a crisis. Everything changed when an enormous asteroid hit the moon out of it axis. Asteroids hit the moon on a daily basis, but those asteroids range from the size of a pebble to about 25 meters. This asteroid however was much bigger. This asteroid created horrible international disasters. Tsunamis, tidal waves, and much more were occurring all over the world. These disasters were destroying cities along the coast and even some states were completely submerged under water. Thunderstorms knocked most of the power in Miranda’s city.
Miranda is in high school when the international disaster occurs. She is sent along with her brothers to buy the essentials. They but vitamins, canned food, toilet paper, medicine, cat food, kitty litter, and fill up the family car with gas. Gas very rapidly becomes very expensive. The gas price goes up to $35 for only three gallons. You can only purchase 3 gallons at a time due to limited supply.
Miranda tries to live out her life as normally possible. Her brother teaches her how to ski in case of an emergency. During winter, which was caused by volcanic eruptions, she visits friends and skates just as she used to. She lives in a house that has no electricity, no heat, and is very cold due to subzero temperatures.
Miranda’s mother gets sick and can barely move so Miranda has to make dinner and clean the house just as her mother used to. Her mother is very sick and they have to give is aspirin. Pretty soon everyone is sick and very weak. How they survived this long is a mystery. Life As We Knew It is a very sad and depressing, but just as you’re about to cry something happens that makes you smile and/or laugh. Miranda makes it to be a year older, but the question is how long will it be until everything is back to normal or how long is Miranda’s family going to survive. This book will keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what’s going to happen next. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys and amazing book.
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Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Alan G, December 4, 2011
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer is an amazing book about a family that tries to survive a crisis. Everything changed when an enormous asteroid hit the moon out of it axis. Asteroids hit the moon on a daily basis, but those asteroids range from the size of a pebble to about 25 meters. This asteroid however was much bigger. This asteroid created horrible international disasters. Tsunamis, tidal waves, and much more were occurring all over the world. These disasters were destroying cities along the coast and even some states were completely submerged under water. Thunderstorms knocked most of the power in Miranda’s city.Miranda is in high school when the international disaster occurs. She is sent along with her brothers to buy the essentials. They but vitamins, canned food, toilet paper, medicine, cat food, kitty litter, and fill up the family car with gas. Gas very rapidly becomes very expensive. The gas price goes up to $35 for only three gallons. You can only purchase 3 gallons at a time due to limited supply.
Miranda tries to live out her life as normally possible. Her brother teaches her how to ski in case of an emergency. During winter, which was caused by volcanic eruptions, she visits friends and skates just as she used to. She lives in a house that has no electricity, no heat, and is very cold due to subzero temperatures.
Miranda’s mother gets sick and can barely move so Miranda has to make dinner and clean the house just as her mother used to. Her mother is very sick and they have to give is aspirin. Pretty soon everyone is sick and very weak. How they survived this long is a mystery. Life As We Knew It is a very sad and depressing, but just as you’re about to cry something happens that makes you smile and/or laugh. Miranda makes it to be a year older, but the question is how long will it be until everything is back to normal or how long is Miranda’s family going to survive. This book will keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what’s going to happen next. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys and amazing book.
(3 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)