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Life As We Knew It
Day 4
Chapters 9-11

Chapter 9
First sentence: I woke up this morning thinking, I’ll never see Sammi again. I’ll never see Dan again. I am so scared I’ll never see Dad again. I don’t know how I’ll survive if I never see sunlight again. (156)

Bad tempers. A visit with Megan. And Jonny’s birthday.

Chapter 10
School. To go or not to go that is the question. It remains unanswered in this chapter. Miranda wants to go, in a way, but the high school that is remaining open is ’scary’ in that it is so far away. And the elementary school that is a bit closer, well, she’s not sure she’s going to feel comfortable there either. But she’s planning to try.

In this chapter, Miranda realizes that the town doesn’t have police anymore. Or firemen. Everyone is on their own. The hospital is the last ’service’ available and it’s really hard to get in. It’s the one place that still has electricity at the moment. Of course there is the post office as well. And that’s important for finding out information and receiving letters. But it’s not really much. The library is another public place. It’s still open two days a week. But again, town has become dangerous to go through especially on your own. So they don’t really make the effort often.

Chapter 11
Miranda tries school at the elementary school location. But is told that there are too few students there and that they want them to go to the high school location. Miranda knows she doesn’t feel comfortable with that, so she picks up textbooks for herself and for Jonny. Homeschool it is.