As their food supply dwindles, Miranda finds herself caring for her family and struggling to survive. What follows is the description of a world gradually falling apart: citizens begin leaving town, looking for safer (read: inland) ground, stores close or are looted, electricity fails and the mail eventually stops coming. Miranda is lucky, however she, her mother and her two brothers acted quickly to stockpile food, water and wood for the upcoming trouble. First, the new position of the moon causes incredible flooding of all coastal areas then, the gravity alteration caused by the new lunar position encourages earthquakes and volcanic erruptions. When the asteroid pushes the moon into a closer orbit, the earth changes forever. "Fantasy summer," indeed.Įveryone in Miranda's town is excited about the upcoming lunar event: scientists have predicted that an asteroid will hit the moon and the world is keen to watch what is supposed to be a safe and distant fluke. Anyway: forget what you knew about the Susan Beth Pfeffer of your 1980s past: this latest book by the longtime YA author will blow you away. 352 pages.Īnybody besides me remember Susan Beth Pfeffer? The "Portraits of Little Women" series? The "Sebastian Sisters" series? Kid Power? Fantasy Summer? All right, maybe it's just me. Realistic | Romance | Science Fiction | Historical Fiction | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery Young Adult Literature without Apology Amy's assessment of contemporary young adult literature, organized by author and title, censored by noone.
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