The book ties naturally with middle school Earth Science and Physical Geography Academic Standards: natural hazards.

What choices do the characters make? What choices would I make IF something like the scenario really happened? Would humanity totally deteriorate or would people really help one another? IF you do not like extreme stories where survival can be brutal, you would not like this book. Your Opinion: I thoroughly enjoy these types of post-apocalyptic stories. Natural Hazards are an unavoidable fact of life at this point in time. Human/Environment Interaction are key to survival. Humans are closely tied to those systems.

Major Points: The natural systems of the Earth are all interconnected. Her resiliency and perseverance are admirable. A young teenage girl, Miranda, must become creative to help her family to survive. Broken water, gas, electrical, and energy lines leads to no fresh water and fluctuating or no energy. Lack of safe and solid transportation routes leads to no food at the grocery stores.

Imagine all of these impacts on humans and Earth’s creatures. Target Audience: middle school and high school students (well-read upper elementary students, too)īrief Description: What happens when an asteroid hits the moon and sends it closer into Earth’s orbit? Catastrophic gravitational changes lead to wave and tidal changes, massive shifts in plate tectonics causing earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, severe climate shifts result from atmospheric changes, and much more in terms of the environment. Theme: natural hazard, science fiction, apocalyptic Publishing Information: Scholastic, Inc., 2006.

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