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Book Report On Life As We Knew It By Susan Pfeffer

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Looking for a jaw dropping, anxiety inflicting, nail biting science fiction book

to read? Well “Life As We Knew It” is just the book for you. Written by Susan Beth

Pfeffer, this award-winning novel definitely leaves you on the edge of your seat. In

the novel Susan writes about a young 16-year-old girl named Miranda. Miranda and

her family live a normal life with her younger brother Johnny and their mother

Laura. During a typical day at school Miranda’s teacher assigns the class a project.

They are to monitor and record what happens when an asteroid hits the moon. The

results of such an event was devastating. The moon is knocked closer to the earth

causing all types of natural disasters to occur. Laura panics about what the future …show more content…

Due to all the disasters being recorded stores begin to close and there

becomes a minimal supply of food. School closes and everybody is told to enjoy

what possibly might be, there last summer. After a long debate with herself, Laura

allows Johnny to go away for his baseball camp. He would be able to work for fresh

food on a nearby farm. Laura’s anxiety of starvation gets the best of her and she

suggests rationing the food for the sake of preservation. Miranda is not too fond of

this idea and expresses her fear and anger to her mother. Miranda and her mother

experience many arguments through the course of the first couple of weeks since

the incident of the moon. Miranda seeks escape at a place called millers pond. There

she meets and starts a relationship with Dan. The relationship is short lived when

Dan decides that he wants to leave town. Over the weeks, more and more of

Miranda’s life tears apart. Slowly many of her friends leave town. She also

experiences the death of her dearest friend Megan.

When baseball camp is over, Johnny comes home after being picked up by

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