She gives her mother the jewelry and the photo albums she took from Mrs. The second time, Miranda stays behind, and tells her mother the news. They return to the house and are able to get the provisions without being spotted. Nesbitt’s death and her wish that they should take whatever can be useful to them. She finds her brothers outside and tells them about Mrs. Nesbitt’s house will be looted before she can return to get the rest of the provisions. She is careful to make sure no one sees her with the provisions otherwise Mrs. Nesbitt’s well still has water, and she begins filling jugs to bring home with her. She finally goes to the kitchen and finds some bottled water. She manages to find a Christmas present of old baseball cards for Jonny, and then sets about securing more things. She wants to start the kitchen, but it feels ghoulish to do that, so she starts with the attic. Susan Beth Pfeffer Harcourt, 2006 - Book clubs - 347 pages 284 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified Through journal entries. Nesbitt’s instructions and sets out on stripping the house of whatever her family can use. The companion novels are: The Dead and the Gone, This World We Live In, and The Shade of the Moon.On November 7, Miranda finds that Mrs.
Life as We Know It is an extraordinary series debut. Worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks out the sun. Like one marble hitting another, when the moon slams closer to earth, the result is catastrophic. I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's still would be open. Told in a year's worth of journal entries, Life as We Knew It chronicles the human struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all-hope-in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world.Īs August turns dark and wintery in northeastern Pennsylvania, Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother retreat to the unexpected safe haven of their sunroom, where they subsist on stockpiled food and limited water in the warmth of a wood-burning stove. When a meteor knocks the moon closer to earth, Miranda, a high school sophomore, takes shelter with her family. New York Times bestseller! A heart-stopping post-apocalyptic thriller that's "absorbing from first to last page."*
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