This world we live in

This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer

I have loved this dystopian series of books - told in diary format following the heroic, mundane lives of a family surviving a global catastrophy. It makes you think "what would I do?" would anything I've watched on Surviorman help? Anyways I'm about half way through (and just getting to the good part Miranda and Alex are about to meet) and I felt like I should already be blogging about this great book.

Here's the summary from the book jacket:

It's been a year since a meteor collided with the moon, catastrophically altering the earth's climate. For Miranda Evans, life as she knew it no longer exists. Her friends and neighbours are dead, the landscape is frozen, and food is increasingly scarce.

Miranda and her two brothers spend their days scavenging for food and household items, while their mother stays at home and desperately tries to hold on to the ordinary activities of their previous life. But they all know that nothing is truly normal in this surreal new world they live in.

The struggle to survive intensifies when Miranda's father and stepmother arrive with a baby and three strangers in tow. One of the newcomers is Alex Morales, and as Miranda's complicated feelings for him turn to love, his plans for his future thwart their relationship. Then a devastating tornado hits the town of Howell, and Miranda makes a decision that will change their lives forever.

The first book is Life As We Knew It - the second is The Dead and the Gone