Life as We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer • Book 1 of the Last Survivors Series
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Adventure
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
Year Published 2006
Word Count 95,192
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 770L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 109087, 14 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Family
- Diaries
- Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy | General
- Family life
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
- Natural disasters--Juvenile fiction
- Families--Juvenile fiction
- Natural disasters--Fiction
- Science fiction
- Family life--Fiction
- Natural disasters
- Diaries--Juvenile fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
- Diaries--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Dystopian
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Susan Beth Pfeffer
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Book Readings 1

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Awards & Distinctions 4

YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023
Winner, 2007

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2005-2024
Finalist, 2006

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2006
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