Title: This World We Live In Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer Genre: Post-Apocalypse, Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Harcourt Publication Date: April 2010 Hardcover: 256 pages 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. Stand alone or series: Book 3 in the “Last Survivors” (formerly referred to as the “Moon Crush”) trilogy How did I get this book: Bought Why did I read this book: This is one of my all-time favorite series’ period. Life As We Knew It is one of my favorite novels, and was far and away the best book I had read in 2008. Its companion novel, the dead and […]