



The book may be lengthy, but most readers will find it absorbing from first page to last. Yet their situation becomes more critical as other unexpected disasters arise. They have a pantry filled with canned goods and plenty of logs to fuel their wood-burning stove. Thanks to her mother's foresight and preparedness, Miranda and her two brothers are better off than many families in their Pennsylvania community. Suddenly, things she has taken for granted-electricity, news from the outside world and three square meals a day-are a thing of the past. When an asteroid collides with the moon, causing natural disasters-tidal waves, volcanoes, earthquakes and climate changes-on Earth, life as 16-year-old Miranda knows it will never be the same.
