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This World We Live In

#3 in series

by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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It's been a year since a meteor collided with the moon, catastrophically altering the earth's climate. For Miranda Evans, life as she knew it no longer exists. Her friends and neighbors are dead, the landscape is frozen, and food is increasingly scarce.
The struggle to survive intensifies when Miranda's father and stepmother arrive with a baby and three strangers in tow. One of the newcomers is Alex Morales, and as Miranda's complicated feelings for him turn to love, his plans for his future thwart their relationship. Then a devastating tornado hits the town of Howell, and Miranda makes a decision that will change their lives forever.

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Last Survivors

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    April 1, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780547487946

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780547487946
      • File size: 4467 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.2
    • Lexile® Measure: 670
    • Interest Level: 6-12(MG+)
    • Text Difficulty: 2-3

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from March 1, 2010
      The protagonists of Pfeffer's novels The Dead and the Gone
      and Life As We Knew It
      join forces in this third installment of a harrowing saga set in the not so distant future. A year after the moon was thrown off course by a meteor, natural disasters and climate changes on Earth are still making mere existence a challenge. Miranda's family is barely scraping by on food rations when Miranda's father, stepmother, their baby, and three other refugees show up unexpectedly. Despite there now being more mouths to feed, Miranda's mother welcomes them, and Miranda finds herself falling in love with Alex, one of the refugees, as they spend hours together, scavenging abandoned houses for essentials. Pfeffer masterfully evokes the cold, colorless world in which her characters reside. Moments of relief are frequently tinged with horror, as when Miranda and Alex must bypass a rotting corpse to get to a horde of food. Still, hope is never completely extinguished. Throughout, readers will be moved by displays of compassion, strength, and faith as characters endure grim realities and face an uncertain future. Ages 12–up.

Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.2
  • Lexile® Measure:670
  • Interest Level:6-12(MG+)
  • Text Difficulty:2-3

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