Type of bind: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Harcourt Children's Books
Manufacturer: Harcourt Children's Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 352
Printing Date: October 01, 2006
Publishing house: Harcourt Children's Books
Age index: Young Adult
Sale Popularity Level: 582285
Studio: Harcourt Children's Books
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Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a split second when a meteor knocks the moon closer to the earth. How should her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks out the sun? As summer turns to Arctic winter, 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 journal entries, this is the heart-pounding story of Miranda’s struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all--hope--in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world.
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It's almost the end of Miranda's sophomore year in high school, and her journal reflects the busy life of a typical teenager: conversations with friends, fights with mom, and fervent hopes for a driver's license. When Miranda very first begins hearing the reports of a meteor on a collision course with the moon, it hardly seems worth a mention in her diary. But after the meteor hits, pushing the moon off its axis and causing worldwide earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes, all the things Miranda used to take for granted begin to disappear. Food and gas shortages, along with extreme weather changes, come to her small Pennsylvania town; and Miranda's voice is by turns petulant, angry, and finally resigned, as her family is forced to make tough choices while they consider their increasingly limited options. Yet even as suspicious neighbors stockpile food in anticipation of a looming winter without heat or electricity, Miranda knows that that her future is still hers to decide even if life as she knew it is over.
Veteran author Susan Beth Pfeffer, who penned the young adult classic The Year Without Michael over twenty years ago, makes a stunning comeback with this haunting book that documents one adolescent's journey from self-absorbed child to selfless young woman. Teen readers won't soon forget this intimate story of survival and its subtle message about the treasuring the things that matter most—-family, friendship, and hope.--Jennifer Hubert
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This book is so interesting. I am reading it aloud to my middle school grandchildren. We are all enjoying it. What a page turner!
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Miranda and her mother and brother are staying up late to witness an asteroid that is supposed to be hitting the moon. They have taken their lawn chairs and a plate of cookies out and are making a family party of it. But when the asteroid strikes the moon, the moon is pushed out of its orbit towards the earth. They go inside to watch CNN report that tsunamis are destroying all coastal cities. Miranda's brother Jonny offhandedly asks, "Is the world going to end?"
There won't be any more chocolate chip cookies in their lives for a very long time. Pfeffer creates a compelling network of characters, people we really identify and care about, and then makes us watch them try to survive a Pennsylvania winter on the food and water they purchased in one desperate rushed trip to a grocery store right after the crash.
After you read this book - in one sitting, trust me - you will never look at a can of purple beans again in the same way again. This is one of those rare books that reminds us just what we have, how much we can lose, and how we can still be grateful for what we have left. Tired of shopping and daily chores? Bored with the selection on TV? Read this book. It's not often a book can make you look at your life in a whole new light.
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I originally read this novel because it had been nominated for a science fiction Nebula award. I had never heard of the author before, as I don't usually read teen novels. This is the story of a teenage girl living through an apocalypse. As a long time devote to end-of-the-world stories for over thirty-five years, this is the good stuff. When I very first started reading after I had gotten it from the library, I could not put it down. This has not happened to me in several years. I then read it a second time. I subsequently bought the book. Like I said, this is the good stuff. It is on the same level as Alas Babylon and A Canticle for Lebowitz. Enjoy.
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It is a book that makes you aware of your surrounds. When I was reading "Life As We Knew It".. and heard bad news relating to the weather, economic, looting or just feel a breeze and think something is blowing in, I felt apprehensive.
I need to find another book written for young minds by Susan Pfeffer. I want to know if she is always cynical about a political party who elected a president who just happens to be from Texas. More important, is she cynical about God.
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This book was amazing! I normally take a month to read a book since I have a young child, but I was completely obsessed with this book and finished it in two days. I couldn't stop thinking about the book when I wasn't reading it. I'm going to start reading the dead & the gone tonight and I'm so excited. By the way I found the author's blog and it is very interesting. http://susanbethpfeffer.blogspot.com It sounds like there is a third book on the way that takes place in Texas about a girl named Sarah. I can't wait!
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