Life as We Knew It

Have you read this novel by Susan Beth Pfeffer? It's a great story.

A meteor is going to hit the moon, and 16-year-old Miranda, like the rest of her family and neighbors in rural Pennsylvania, intends to watch it from the comfort of a lawn chair in her yard. But the event is not the benign impact predicted. The moon is knocked closer to Earth, setting off a chain of horrific occurrences: tsunamis, earthquakes, and, later, volcanic eruptions that disrupt life across the planet. Written in the form of Miranda's diary, this disquieting and involving story depicts one family's struggle to survive in a world where food, warmth, and well-being disappear in the blink of an eye. As life goes from bad to worse, Miranda struggles to find a way to survive both mentally and physically, discovering strength in her family members and herself.

There are two sequels: The Dead and The Gone and This World We Live In.

Maine Student Book Award Winner!

The Maine Student Book Award winner at Mahoney is 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass (who also wrote A Mango-Shaped Space, a book I love). The runner-up is Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. No surprise there, since Hunger Games won last year.

The list for next year will be out soon. I will post a link to it on this blog.