Books with author susan beth pfeffer

I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald’s still would be open. High school sophomore Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a split second when an asteroid knocks the moon closer to Earth, like "one marble hits another." The result is catastrophic. How can her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis are wiping out the coasts, earthquakes are rocking the continents, and volcanic ash is blocking out the sun? As August turns dark and wintery in northeastern Pennsylvania, Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother retreat to the unexpected safe haven of their sunroom, where they subsist on stockpiled food and limited water in the warmth of a wood-burning stove. Told in a year’s worth of journal entries, this heart-pounding story chronicles Miranda’s struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all—hope—in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world. An extraordinary series debut! Susan Beth Pfeffer has written three companion novels to Life As We Knew It, including The Dead and the Gone, This World We Live In, and The Shade of the Moon.

Emily Hasbrouck saw her 11-year-old friend die, and she knows the people responsible. But nobody will believe her because she is an orphan living on the goodwill of the townspeople, while the girls she accuses are the daughters of the richest men in town.Emily is determined to speak the truth. She refuses to let her friend's death be called an "accident," even if it means she'll be sent to live in a poorhouse. Reaching out to Emily are a few people who believe her, and with their help, Emily must tell--in front of the powerful men who want to send her away--what really happened.

Grade 4-6 Twelve-year-old best friends Tracy and Andrea are madly in love with TV star/singer Ross "Rabbit" Pearlman, like millions of other pre-teens and teens. When they learn that Rabbit is coming to their town for a benefit concert, they immediately begin planning ways to meet him. The one thing they agree ontheir friendship pactis that they will meet him together or not at all. Tracy is offered a chance to meet Rabbit; regretfully, she turns it down, only to find that Andrea has not taken the pact so seriously and has accepted the offer that Tracy refused. Angrily, Tracy vows never to speak to Andrea again. Then, through a not very credible fluke, Tracy finds herself alone with Rabbit on the eve of the concert; later she magnanimously forgives Andrea, especially after she finds out that Andrea's invitation to meet Rabbit fell through, and all's well that ends well.