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Books with title Life as We Knew it

  • Life as We Knew It

    Susan Pfeffer

    Paperback (Scholastic, Jan. 1, 2007)
    When Miranda first hears the warnings that a meteor is headed on a collision path with the moon, they just sound like an excuse for extra homework assignments. But her disbelief turns to fear in a split second as the entire world witnesses a lunar impact that knocks the moon closer in orbit, catastrophically altering the earth's climate. - Everything else in Miranda's life fades away as supermarkets run out of food, gas goes up to more than $10 a gallon, and school is closed indefinitely. But what Miranda and her family don't realize is that the worst is yet to come. Told in Miranda's diary entries, this is a heartpounding account of her struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all - hope - in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar time.
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  • Life as We Knew It

    Susan Beth Pfeffer

    Audio CD (Listening Library, Jan. 1, 2006)
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  • Life As I Knew It

    Randi Hacker

    language (Simon Pulse, May 8, 2010)
    My name is Angelina Rossini. A little about me: I am sixteen years old. I live in Blodgett, Vermont. Population: 854. Most of my life's been pretty normal for a twenty-first-century American teen. THAT SAID: I'm in love with my best friend who, um, recently came out. I sometimes get the sense that my mother wishes I hadn't been born. I maintain a low level of hostility with at least one of my classmates. I could deal, though. Mainly because my dad was around, and he was my sun. Our sun, really: my mom's, my stepsister's, and mine. My dad kept us all in place, orbiting around him. But then the sun, well...it went out. Click. That was the end of Life As I Knew It -- and the beginning of something a lot different.
  • Life As We Know It

    DK Publishing

    Hardcover (DK CHILDREN, April 16, 2012)
    As far as we know, Earth is the only inhabited planet in the Universe. So what makes Earth such an ideal place for life to survive? And how did it all get started? Life as We Know It goes back to the beginnings of life on our planet, explaining to middle grade readers how it emerged under hostile conditions from a chemical soup as a simple self-contained unit: the cell. Key biological themes, such as how cells work, produce energy, and reproduce are explained in simple terms. This knowledge is then used to explain how more complex organisms live. The book also looks at the wide variety of plant and animal life on Earth and how it evolved, and introduces the features and characteristics of members of the six kingdoms of life. Young readers will learn how life forms have adapted to occupy particular niches and what can happen if something upsets this balance. Lavishly illustrated with images from DK's extensive natural history photo library, this encyclopedia is a visual feast as well as a thorough treatment of biology. Through DK's unique visual style, scientific ideas that might appear intimidating in a textbook are made lucid at a glance.
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  • Life As We Knew It

    Susan Beth Pfeffer

    Paperback (Scholastic, Jan. 1, 2006)
    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.
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  • Life As We Knew It

    Susan Beth Pfeffer

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, May 1, 2008)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When a meteor pushes the moon closer to the earth, setting into motion a series of destructive weather events that wipe out coasts, rock the continents, and block out the sun, Miranda and her family must find a way to survive in a desperate and unfamiliar world.
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  • Life As We Know It

    DK Publishing

    Hardcover (DK CHILDREN, April 16, 2012)
    As far as we know, Earth is the only inhabited planet in the Universe. So what makes Earth such an ideal place for life to survive? And how did it all get started? Life as We Know It goes back to the beginnings of life on our planet, explaining to middle grade readers how it emerged under hostile conditions from a chemical soup as a simple self-contained unit: the cell. Key biological themes, such as how cells work, produce energy, and reproduce are explained in simple terms. This knowledge is then used to explain how more complex organisms live. The book also looks at the wide variety of plant and animal life on Earth and how it evolved, and introduces the features and characteristics of members of the six kingdoms of life. Young readers will learn how life forms have adapted to occupy particular niches and what can happen if something upsets this balance. Lavishly illustrated with images from DK's extensive natural history photo library, this encyclopedia is a visual feast as well as a thorough treatment of biology. Through DK's unique visual style, scientific ideas that might appear intimidating in a textbook are made lucid at a glance.
  • Life As I Knew It

    Randi Hacker

    Paperback (Simon Pulse, Sept. 21, 2006)
    Sixteen-year-old Angelina Rossini lives a fairly normal life in her small Vermont town until the day that her father dies, and then everything in her life changes.
  • Life as We Knew it

    Susan Pfeffer

    Paperback (Marion Lloyd Books, Jan. 1, 2007)
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  • Life as We Knew It

    Susan Beth Pfeffer

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, May 1, 2008)
    Miranda's disbelief turns to fear in a split second when an asteroid knocks the moon closer to the earth. How should her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks out the sun? As summer turns to Arctic winter, 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. In her journal, Miranda records the events of each desperate day, while she and her family struggle to hold on to their most priceless resource--hope." ""Includes a teaser to the companion novel," The Dead and the Gone.
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  • Life As I Once Knew It

    Aqueelah Watkins, Rebekah Cluley

    language (, July 6, 2011)
    The Author goes back in time and relate the past situations to who she has become. The story is based on a motivated young woman who experience hard times all while trying to keep her sanity. Being the oldest of a hard working mother and a no good father she begans to make ways for her family to make it through the streets. Handling two lifestyles as a good student and being corrupt with her street family, she is put in a situation to choose. Give up her respect for her mother and commit to the street life or own to being her mother's daughter?
  • My Life As I Knew It

    Peri June

    Paperback (Independently published, Jan. 24, 2017)
    Even the people closest to you can be monsters. Maggie Martin is plagued by nightmares. This hasn't always been the case. She used to be your typical 17-year-old, worrying about boyfriends and college applications. Until, one night, when she wakes up to the sound of screaming and witnesses the unthinkable. Now she's scrambling to put the pieces of her life back together, which is not as easy as everyone would like her to believe. Especially when she's struggling just to BREATHE. Sam is intrigued by the quiet, new girl from the moment he lays eyes on her. Out of sheer boredom, he decides to include her in his circle of friends, then he's surprised by how much he starts to care about her. Sam doesn't understand why Maggie won't let him get close to her...until he stumbles across her secret. The question remains, who can she trust in a sea of strangers?