Life As We Knew It

Life as we Knew It

By CR   

The book Life as we Knew It by Susan Pfeffer is an amazing story about hope, friendship and survival.  When the a commit collides with the moon Miranda’s whole world turns upside down.  I liked how when I put the book down it was the only thing I could think about.  The book was full of suspense that left me wanting to read more.

The suspense in this book kept me on the edge of my chair reading until the very last second of class.  It was like the author was drawing Miranda and her life on the pages of the book.  In every diary entry Miranda writes about her life living in the sunroom.  She tells how hard it is when the moon is moved closer to the earth.

Seeing those cans and boxes and bags of food made mad, like why are we starving ourselves when we still have food?  When the food runs out we’ll probably die, so what difference does it make if we die in November or January or March?  Why not eat while we can?

Miranda shows how hard it is when all of your food for the rest of your life is sitting right there in front of your eyes.

In the very beginning of this book I realized how lucky we are to not live scrounging for food and not knowing if we will make it to the next day.  Throughout this book Miranda and her family have to live off of the food that they bought on the crazy shopping day.  This was the day when everything went bad.  The seas rose and and volcanoes erupted and after this day stores closed forever.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes suspense and tragedy.  Life as We Knew it by Susan Pfeffer is an amazing story about the power of friendship, love and survival.