Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

In Life As We Knew It, Miranda's dad and wife are having a baby. They don't know the gender yet, but they want Miranda to be the godmother. Miranda says yes because she didn't want to disappoint her dad. During that day, they find out that a asteroid will hit the moon on Wednesday, & some people freak out thinking that the asteroid will miss the moon and come for Earth. On Wednesday, the neighborhood gets ready to see the asteroid hit the moon. During that time Miranda's mom goes inside to get the telescope, but when she comes out the asteroid was already going towards the moon. Nothing really happened until later, when the radio reports that as a result of the asteroids hit on the moon, tsunami's have been popping up everywhere, and the death rate goes up. At school the next day, there is a severe storm & Miranda's teacher takes it as a tornado and makes the kids go into the hall. Miranda's mom picks up Miranda from school and drives her, Jonny (her brother,) & Mrs. Nesbitt to the supermarket to get emergency supplies. Miranda's mom gives everyone ten fifty dollar bills & tells them to bring whatever is necessary & whatever they want too.
   more coming next week. ☺️
             Character Analysis:
Miranda's mom is very caring and loves her family. She wants the best for them. "I'd love to wrap you and Matt and Jonny up in swaddling clothes and protect you from everything but I know I can't." Miranda's mom is protective of her family, she doesn't want them to catch West Nile Virus, so she tells them to wear mosquito repellent to be safe. 

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