Life As We Knew It

"I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's would still be open.” 

  I just finished reading Life As We Knew By Susan Beth. The book  explores what happens to an ordinary family in a normal  town when their world changes forever. An asteroid hits the moon, knocking it into a closer orbit. This causes all kinds of disasters that bring the world to a halt. Without shops, food, electricity, heat and water, Miranda  ( the main character) and her family face problems together and struggle to survive.

The book is about a normal teenage girl named Miranda normal sixteen-year-old girl who goes to  high school and thinks about friends and boys. The story is told in the form of her diary, allowing the reader to see her private thoughts and feelings 

Everyone at her school is excited about the asteroid that will hit the moon, but when it happens it is not the exciting as they all thought it would be. Instead, the asteroid knocks the moon closer to the earth, causing tsunamis, storms and earthquakes all over the world.

As the book goes on more tragic events keep happening. Miranda's friends are nowhere to be heard from and her family is in danger, all of the members of her family get infected with the flu except for her and food is running out. Miranda decides not to eat all the food they have left and save it for her family and hope that they will get better 

This book was amazing to read. But it was very sad and didn't have a happy ending :( one lesson that I can take away from this book is that you should be greatful for what you have and that your life can change in a matter of seconds to a completely normal person.  One of the other things that i absolutley loved when reading this was that Miranda's story is written in the form of her diary. The reader is able to see clearly through her thoughts and what she is going through, she also addresses some of the not so great sides of being a teenager which, anyone can relate too. 


Heres a book trailer if you're interested Hope you Enjoy!!! :) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vtXlkHmzGc