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An asteroid hits the moon, and one family tries to survive the aftermath
2006Fast paceTense
What it is about
Sixteen-year-old Miranda keeps a diary as an asteroid knocks the moon closer to Earth. Tsunamis, power failures and food shortages follow. Her family tries to survive in a small Pennsylvania town.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like survival stories.
What you will get
The first book of a series.
Life As We Knew It Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Young Adult · Disaster · Survival · Diary
Length
337 pages · ≈ 10 h
More about this book
Characters
Miranda, her mother and her brothers.
Setting
A small town in Pennsylvania.
What makes it different
A disaster story told through a teen’s diary.
Feel
Tense, bleak and absorbing.
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