Finished July 14
This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
This is the third book in the series that started with the book Life as we Knew It and continued with The Dead & The Gone.
This book brings the character featured in the two earlier books together, a year after a meteor collided with the moon and caused all the catastrophic changes. We start with Miranda Evans, who began her diary in the first book. She and her two brother cut wood and scavenge for food and household needs in the neighbourhood around their home in Pennsylvania. Miranda's mom, Laura stays home and tries to keep it all together. The family takes advantage of the few times electricity comes on to run appliances.
When Miranda's father and stepmother arrive with their small baby and three strangers, there is both welcome and wariness. Food is limited and the additional mouths pose a potential problem. But Miranda and her siblings are pleased to know their father and his new family are still alive.
As the group find a way to move forward together, the weather strikes again, with a violent storm including a tornado.
Miranda's diary is once again the method of storytelling here, and we see her growth and her resolve as she realizes that she must become an adult in order to help her family survive. This is a moving book and a satisfying continuation of the series.
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