Boston New York 2010
Copyright © 2010 by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-publication Data
Pfeffer, Susan Beth, 1948—
This world we live in / Susan Beth Pfeffer.
p. cm.
Summary: When the moon’s gravitational pull increases, causing massive natural disasters on earth, Miranda and her family struggle to survive in a world without cities or sunlight, and wonder if anyone else is still alive.
ISBN 978-0-547-24804-2 (hardcover: alk. paper)
[1. Survival—Fiction. 2. Family life—Fiction. 3. Diaries—Fiction. 4. Science fiction.]. I. Title.
PZ7.P44855Ti 2010
[Fic]—dc22 2009026939
Manufactured in the United States of America
DOC 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3
4500227515