This book started off kind of cheesy. The moon gets knocked out of orbit and messes up the gravitational pull and tides.... umm ok. I also didn't like the journal style it was in because of how much dialog it had in it. Who puts grammatically correct and complete dialogs in their journal? I got sucked in though... and I really couldn't put it down! This type of book is my favorite genre though and I'm not sure I would have rated it as highly if I wasn't a big science fiction nerd. :) I thought Miranda's mother was just horrible! How could any loving mother pick between what child she's going to prepare to survive and what one doesn't get to eat as much?!! Miranda took it very well, but if my mother asked me if I minded not eating everyday so my brother could I would be crushed. Now that I'm finished with the book I can't stop thinking it might be a good idea to install a wood stove! 
 PLOT:17/20 
 CREATIVITY:19/20 
 WRITING::10/20 
 CHARACTERS:17/20 
 ENDING:7/10 
 COVER:9/10 
 OVERALL GRADE:72/100= C:3 stars