Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

For all those who love Domesday Preppers...this book is for you!  I don't know if I can say I liked this book...I could not put it down...but it left me unsettled.  Your whole perception changes once your a parent and that includes my reactions to books.  I automatically think...what would I do?  Carl and I had an hour long conversation on what we would do if an asteroid did in fact hit the moon.  Now I will admit that this conversation took place over cocktails, while the children were having a sleepover at Nan and Pop's, and it became a hilarious joke very quickly but it gets you thinking.  I will warn you, this book will make you want to start hoarding food and supplies, I joke (kinda.)

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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, the way “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 wintry 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!

Awards: ALA Best Book for Young Adults, CCBC Choice, Junior Library Guild Premier selection, Listening Library selection, Amazon.com Best Book of the Year, 2011 ALA Popular Paperback, winner of six state awards