Life As We Knew It

When a meteor brings the moon closer to Earth, Miranda's shock quickly gives way to panic. In a world when earthquakes shake the continents, volcanic ash shuts out the sun, and tsunamis wipe away whole coastlines, how should her family prepare? Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother flee to their unexpected sunroom as summer gives way to Arctic winter. There, they hunker down in the comfort of a wood-burning heater, surviving on rationed food and little water.

This gripping tale, which is told via diary entries, follows Miranda as she fights to cling to hope—the most valuable resource of all—in a strange and more hopeless world.