life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pheffer

About three weeks ago when our librian teacher were introducing us to award books that we could read for our book project, she introduced us to the book life as we knew it. Once she told us what it was bout imediately i knew that was the book i wanted to read. I really like books like these because of all the detail they put in it. If there wasnt enough detail then i probably would have picked this book. And i admit once i read the first page i knew i liked it already.

The book is about when miranda and her family hear warnings that a meteor is going to hit the moon they thought everything would be ok. As it turns out there prediction was wrong. Once the meteor hit the moon everyone noticed that the moon was knocked closer to earth. Miranda thought that it was kinda odd but didnt think to much of it. The next day tsunami's and then earthquakes and volcanoes start to form and erupt. People didnt know what do and knew that they needed to get to the stores to stock up. Stores were flooded with people running around grabbing as much as they could. Gas prices went up to ten dollars a gallon, and the world to miranda seemed like it was all coming to end at that point. When the volcanoes erupted in all places possible even volcanoes that couldnt erupt, with all that ash flying threw the air, it started to cover up the sun and the sky. No one went outside because of all the ash and everything was a complete mess. With all the catastophic events happening miranda and her family had no power. The power would come on every once in a while and when it did they would rush to the washing machine, dish washer, and vacuum to clean up the house and do there laundry. Miranda's family was a nervous reck, having to deal with if they were going to live or not. Will the world ever go back to being normal?

This book really got me thinking about was it possible that this could really happen? Reading this book made want to never put it down. It was like watching a moive in my head with all the descripted details. I could really relate to the characters beacuse its very detailed about there feelings and what it was like to be them in that situation. I would really recommend others to read this book therefore they would enjoy it just as much as i did. This book was VERY well written because i really got into it and enjoyed it a lot.

If i could ask the author three questions they would be why is it that you chose to write about the moon getting knocked closer to the earth? Why did everyone stop swimming in the pond? was it because they were afraid of the disease? And my last question would be what was your main purpose to get people to understand in your book?

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