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=__Title: Life As We Knew It __= Authour: Susan Pfeffer



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__Life As We Knew It__ luered me in with it's suspensful story line, and struggle for survival-like event that took place throughout the book. I enjoyed the book, and could not put it down as I flipped the pages, and entered a world that was changing from perfect to total chaos. ======

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Miranda's life changes when a meteor hits the moon, causing many unplesant events to come spiraling out of control. Not only are these events natural disasters, but this even causes many economical issues throughout the world, and her personal life starts to change. She doesn't ever know what is happening with her friends because she never sees them. Her dad and mom are divorced so she only ever sees her mom, her older brother, Matt, who used to be her biggest role model, but seems to get sadder everyday, and her younger brother Jon. Even Mrs. Nesbitt, their neighbor, starts to see them less. In this world that Miranda isn't familiar with it seems like it couldn't get worse, but it only ever gets worse before it gets better. Nobody knows what will happen, and nobody wants to know either. In order to figure out what will become of Miranda and her family you must read this page-turning novel, __Life As We Knew It__. ======

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Susan Pfeffer does a fantastic job at fitting each character with a unique personality. Miranda is a typical 16 year old girl who doesn't think she does any good for the family during the hard times taking place, even though she is like the second mom. She tries her hardest to do well in the little education left for her as well as keeping in touch with her changing friends even though that means going the hard distance it is to reach them. This relates to how hard I try to stay in touch with my friends even though sometimes I think they have changed too much for me. Even though that might be the case, they're still my friends and just like Miranda's friends they will be there until the end. Max is like any older brother after a divorce: he tries to be the dad in the family. Jon is a normal teen until his life spins out of control, but becomes a very strong "man" while battling theses strange times. Mom, used to being in control, suffers in many ways when her control must be taken away from her own children. Anyone will find some connection with one of the characters in this book because even though nobody can really relate to the plot, everyone can realate to these characters because Pfeffer does a good job at making them unique, but at the same time relatable. ======

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I enjoyed the way it was written, in diary format which kept up its fast paced changes. Even though I liked the book almost overall the ending really wasn't the best though. It was good up until then, but the end didn't answer the questions left in my brain. Even though the ending didn't appeal to me I would still recommend this book because it's humerous,suspensful, and for those who aren't into science ficton it reads as if it were a realistic fiction novel. I hope you read this book, because you will hopefully enjoy it as much as I did. ======