Due to sudden unpredictable tides and tsunamis, there were massive casualties on both coasts of the United States. The impacts are immediate, even if Miranda doesn’t know the full extent of them because cell service and cable channels stop working.īy the next morning Miranda has ascertained that her father Hal and pregnant stepmother Lisa, as well as her Grandma and Matt, are all okay. The asteroid is denser than scientists had predicted and the collision knocks the moon off kilter, forcing it closer to Earth. When the asteroid first appears in the sky, however, the mood quickly changes to one of panic. Despite her older brother Matt’s misgivings about the event-which he had called home from college the night before to share-Miranda joins in the excitement with her mom Laura and younger brother Jonny.

People in New York are having rooftop viewing parties, and even on Miranda’s rural Pennsylvania street, all the neighbors are out in an impromptu block party. She first hears that a large asteroid is going to hit the moon from her mom’s boyfriend, Peter, but soon it’s all the newscasters talk about, and her teachers too-they use it as an excuse to assign moon-themed projects.ĭespite the extra schoolwork, the mood is festive on the night the asteroid is supposed to hit.

In her journal, sixteen-year-old Miranda Evans is counting down until her sophomore year of high school ends and summer vacation begins, but in the meantime she has tests, fights with her mom, and friendship drama.

Life as we knew it by susan pfeffer