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Life As We Knew It by Pfeffer made me want to rush to the grocery store and stock up on canned goods. At the beginning Miranda’s biggest worry is having to write three papers for Friday. Even her French teacher has assigned writing focused on the moon and its impending collision with an asteroid. Everyone on her street is out on May 18 at 8:30 p.m. to witness the big event, but the results were not what the scientists had predicted. The asteroid must have been much denser than expected so the moon was pushed off its regular course and is now orbiting much closer to the earth. That change prompts tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that change life as Miranda knows it. The electricity falters, phones stop working, grocery stores are empty and gas is $12 a gallon. Will the well have water all winter? Will old Mrs. Nesbitt survive on her own? Will the swim team continue to meet at Miller’s Pond? Read this book, written as Miranda’s diary, to find out.