This World We Live in (Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors)) - Hardcover

Pfeffer, Susan Beth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0547248040 ISBN 13: 9780547248042

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010

Synopsis

It’s been a year since a meteor collided with the moon, catastrophically altering the earth’s climate. For Miranda Evans, life as she knew it no longer exists. Her friends and neighbors are dead, the landscape is frozen, and food is increasingly scarce.
  &nsbp;The struggle to survive intensifies when Miranda’s father and stepmother arrive with a baby and three strangers in tow. One of the newcomers is Alex Morales, and as Miranda’s complicated feelings for him turn to love, his plans for his future thwart their relationship. Then a devastating tornado hits the town of Howell, and Miranda makes a decision that will change their lives forever.

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HardCover. Pub the Date: April. 2010 Pages: 256 in Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books In the year that has passed Operating since a meteor collided with the moon. Miranda's friends and neighbors have died the landscape has frozen and food has become increasingly (Malacca). The struggle to survive intensifies when Miranda's father and stepmother arrive with a baby and three strangers in tow. One of the newcomers is Alex Morales. and as Miranda's complicated feelings for him turn to love. his plans for his future thwart their relationship. Then a devastating tornado hits. and Miranda makes a decision that will change their lives forever.

Review

"The protagonists of Pfeffer's novels "The Dead and the Gone" and "Life As We Knew It" join forces in this third installment of a harrowing saga set in the not so distant future. A year after the moon was thrown off course by a meteor, natural disasters and climate changes on Earth are still making mere existence a challenge...Throughout, readers will be moved by displays of compassion, strength, and faith as characters endure grim realities and face an uncertain future."--"Publishers Weekly, "starred review "Palpable despair is dappled with tiny flares of hope in this third entry in Pfeffer's enthralling series about the aftereffects of a meteor strike on the Moon that has altered the earth's gravitational pull...fans of the first two will thrill to this latest and the loose ending will leave them hoping for more."--"Kirkus
" "It is a testamen

"The protagonists of Pfeffer's novels "The Dead and the Gone" and "Life As We Knew It" join forces in this third installment of a harrowing saga set in the not so distant future. A year after the moon was thrown off course by a meteor, natural disasters and climate changes on Earth are still making mere existence a challenge...Throughout, readers will be moved by displays of compassion, strength, and faith as characters endure grim realities and face an uncertain future."--"Publishers Weekly, "starred review "Palpable despair is dappled with tiny flares of hope in this third entry in Pfeffer's enthralling series about the aftereffects of a meteor strike on the Moon that has altered the earth's gravitational pull...fans of the first two will thrill to this latest and the loose ending will leave them hoping for more."--"Kirkus
" "It is a testament to the author's skill that This World We Live In can be read as a stand-alone novel. In fact, new readers might not even realize that t

"The protagonists of Pfeffer's novels"The Dead and the Gone"and"Life As We Knew It"join forces in this third installment of a harrowing saga set in the not so distant future. A year after the moon was thrown off course by a meteor, natural disasters and climate changes on Earth are still making mere existence a challenge...Throughout, readers will be moved by displays of compassion, strength, and faith as characters endure grim realities and face an uncertain future."--"Publishers Weekly, "starred review "Palpable despair is dappled with tiny flares of hope in this third entry in Pfeffer's enthralling series about the aftereffects of a meteor strike on the Moon that has altered the earth's gravitational pull...fans of the first two will thrill to this latest and the loose ending will leave them hoping for more."--"Kirkus
" "It is a testament to the author's skill that This World We Live In can be read as a stand-alone novel. In fact, new readers might not even realize that the e

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0547248040
• ISBN 13: 9780547248042
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 239