Reviews and ramblings about children's and young adult literature by an absentminded middle school librarian. I keep my blog to remember what I've read and to celebrate the wonderful world of children's and young adult literature.
#tbt features Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Published in 2006, this science fiction story, told in journal entries by sixteen-year-old Miranda, is the first book of four in the Last Survivors series. The moon is hit by an enormous asteroid and shoved closer to the Earth, resulting in worldwide catastrophe. Miranda lives in rural Pennsylvania with her single mother and younger brother. Her older brother returns home from college to help when food and supplies grow short. Tension is so high in this plausible survivor scenario that you might take to stocking canned goods in your basement. The second book, The Dead and the Gone, tells the story about Alex Morales, a teen living in New York City, and what he needed to do in order to survive.
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