Everything else in Miranda's life fades away as supermarkets run out of food, gas goes up to more than ten dollars a gallon, and school is closed indefinitely. But her disbelief turns to fear in a split second as the entire world witnesses a lunar impact that knocks the moon closer in orbit, catastrophically altering the earth's climate. When Miranda first hears the warnings that a meteor is headed on a collision path with the moon, they just sound like an excuse for extra homework assignments. (Oct.Publishing Information :Harcourt: Orlando, Fla., 2006 Miranda's changing priorities, undying love for her family and heightened appreciation of simple pleasures will likely provoke discussion and inspire gratitude for life as we know it now. Things are bad enough without having to remind myself of just how bad things are," she explains), her words also evoke a strain of hope which proves to be her most essential survival tool. Though the entries paint a grim picture of a rapidly shrinking civilization ("I write stuff down in here and I don't read it. The story unfolds through Miranda's journal entries, from May, when the asteroid strikes, to the following March.
This survival tale by the author of The Year Without MichaelĬelebrates the fortitude and resourcefulness of human beings during critical times. The book may be lengthy, but most readers will find it absorbing from first page to last. Yet their situation becomes more critical as other unexpected disasters arise.
They have a pantry filled with canned goods and plenty of logs to fuel their wood-burning stove. Thanks to her mother's foresight and preparedness, Miranda and her two brothers are better off than many families in their Pennsylvania community. Suddenly, things she has taken for granted-electricity, news from the outside world and three square meals a day-are a thing of the past. When an asteroid collides with the moon, causing natural disasters-tidal waves, volcanoes, earthquakes and climate changes-on Earth, life as 16-year-old Miranda knows it will never be the same.
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