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Life As We Knew It (Library Binding)

by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Author)
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  • Library Binding: 360 pages
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1435249836
  • ISBN-13: 978-1435249837
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 12.4 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Out of this world, 17 July 2008
By SJSmith (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Life as We Knew It (Paperback)
I can't believe how great this book is. I wish I'd had more time to read it as it's a book to be devoured. I found myself wondering from the outset how I might've managed in similar circumstances and to be honest, I couldn't. Our narrator is Miranda, a sixteen year old from Pennsylvania. She lives with her mother, older brother Matt and younger brother Jonny. Her father has left home and lives with his partner, Lisa whom we find out on the first page is pregnant.

The novel is written as a diary within sections - which are the seasons. Although, there are chapters usually ended at a significant point. It is narrated in the present tense and there are no clues from the blurb as to how the novel ends. The present tense works so well in this novel because it means the reader does not have any clues and the characters are unaware also of the outcome.

At the beginning of the novel we get to know Miranda and her friends through the first few diary entries and then what the scientists have predicted will happen changes everything. An asteroid hits the moon, spinning it out of control, bringing it closer to earth. From this point on, the novel is about life, its changes and, as the title says, life as we knew it. Superbly written, with great characters. You will admire them, pity them and cheer them. You'll find yourself wondering what's coming next and trying to imagine yourself in the same situation. However, you'll have to read it to answer the question Miranda asks on the back cover - will we survive?
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars nail biter, 28 May 2007
By Kate (england) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Life as We Knew It (Paperback)
This book is set in Pennsylvania and is written in the style of a teenager's diary. It begins with the typical dramas that fill every teenager's life but then news comes that an asteroid is heading for a collision with the moon.
When it does hit, throwing the moon off kilter, the catastrophic effect on the Earth is frightening. Floods and volcanos devastate the Earth's population and Miranda's family realise they are facing a nightmare future. Miranda's diary tells the story of their fight for survival as they learn to live with diminishing supplies of power, heat, food and water.
It is a very well written book with strong characters and a story that keeps you reading right up to the end. Aimed at older children/young adults this really is an excellent read that many adults would also find unputdownable.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great piece of speculative fiction, 17 Jan 2010
By J. Evans (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Life as We Knew It (Paperback)
In a world where climate change is brought on by an asteroid hitting the moon, Miranda's family struggle to survive in freak weather conditions in small-town America. Unlike some films of the same genre which move from civilisation to chaos in a few weeks, the pace of the onset of change is slow and progressive and the family have time to plan their survival in freezing weather conditions without electricity, water and food and hope that life as they knew it will be restored.

A great story about how catastrophe hits an ordinary family, to be recommended to any one who enjoys the "what if?" scenario and wants something to really think about. To be read before "The dead and the gone", another cracking read.
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