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Life As We Knew It
Susan Beth Pfeffer
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9780152058265 Hardcover
0152058265
$17.00
352pages
Available
Trim Size:
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Copyright Year:
2006
Territory:
US, C, O
Ages: 12 years and up |
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Reading Guide
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Synopsis |
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Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a split second when a meteor knocks the moon closer to the earth. How should her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks out the sun? As summer turns to Arctic winter, 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.
Told in journal entries, this is the heart-pounding story of Miranda’s struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all--hope--in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world.
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Praise |
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"...Readers will respond to the authenticity and immediacy; each page is filled with events both wearying and terrifying and infused with honest emotions. Pfeffer brings cataclysmic tragedy very close." --Booklist (September 1, 2006)
Booklist,9/1/2006
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Biography |
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SUSAN BETH PFEFFER is the author of many books for teens, including the bestselling novel The Year Without Michael. Among her other books are the popular Portraits of Little Women series and the award-winning Kid Power. She lives in Middletown, New York.
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Awards |
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| ALA Best Book for Young Adults |
| CCBC Choices |
| Junior Library Guild Premier Selection Junior Library Guild Premier Selection |
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General Subjects |
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Juvenile Fiction- Social Situations/Emotions & Feelings
Juvenile Fiction- Social Situations/New Experience
Juvenile Fiction- Family/General
Juvenile Fiction- Social Situations/Adolescence
Juvenile Fiction- Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic
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Curriculum Themes |
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| Family Relationships |
| Journals & Letter Writing |
| Science Fiction |
Social Situations- Cooperation
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Social Situations- Problem Solving
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Rights Details |
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Harcourt Children's Books
A Division ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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