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<\/p>\nA school assignment to write three different papers on the moon is no picnic. Why is it, Miranda wonders, that teachers all<\/i> manage to make things due on the same day? A meteor hitting the moon is an event that spans every class she\u2019s in, and every teacher wants to talk about it. It\u2019s an American event, it seems, and Miranda, in her typical American family, is out on the lawn with the rest of the neighborhood, watching the show. It’s just another night in Suburbia, Miranda thinks.<\/p>\n
Nobody, however, is truly prepared for this event.<\/p>\n
First, the meteor is bigger than everybody thought. Second, knocks the moon out of orbit. Third, it triggers a series of storms and tsunamis.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not done yet. <\/p>\n
Miranda and her brothers think their mother is nuts for running to the grocery store and filling their pantry and basement with food, but when the power flickers off and on and \u2026off, Miranda isn\u2019t so sure that Life As We Knew It<\/a> will ever be the same\u2026<\/p>\n Susan Beth Pfeffer creates one of the most stark, chilling, environmental disaster stories I\u2019ve ever read. Miranda\u2019s journals provide evidence of the emotional roller coaster of the survivors, the behavior of large groups of people due to human nature, the little cruelties and kindnesses. This frightening tale will make you want to pack up your garage with vitamins and foodstuff and make a run to a big-box retailer for batteries enough for the next fifteen years.<\/p>\n