Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Imagine this is your life: two brothers, amicably divorced parents, dad with new wife and baby on the way. You are starting to date. Your best friends are in the middle of another stupid fight and your mom won't let you go to the pond to ice skate because an injury isn't fully healed. And homework. Oh, the homework.

Sounds pretty normal, right? This was Miranda's life until an asteroid collides with the moon, throwing it off it's axis and causing tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes. The weather is no longer predictable and it's severe. Miranda's mom sends her and her brothers to the store to buy up all the canned food and medical supplies they can find. Then school is shut down. Gas is running out. Electricity and water can no longer be counted on- sometimes they are available for an hour a day, sometimes not at all. Miranda spends her days huddled in the livingroom with her family, wondering if friends are alive and when their food will run out.

Still sound normal?

***** stars out of five- this book is amazing.