Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
October 12, 2009 — Mary Childs
Life As We Knew It
Students often come in asking for “scary books.” Deciding what is “scary” varies from person to person, but this story is very scary to me.
A large meteor is on track to collide with the moon. Shouldn’t be a huge deal since it’s the moon and not Earth, right? But then it happens and day by day they began to find out how the moon’s influence on the Earth through tides being messed up and the resulting tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcano eruptions around the world, turns everything into chaos. Communication was affected when cable TV went out and cell phones stopped working. Then real problems began when they realized the climate was affected and winter was coming on sooner than usual.
This is the kind of book where I put myself into the story and wonder how I would react as a mother trying to take care of my family. When supplies of food, fuel and other necessities get low, how will people behave so that they can all get through the crisis and on to hopefully better days? Read this book and find out. Then read the sequel, The Dead and the Gone, to see what happens next!
