96 pages • 3 hours read
Susan Beth PfefferLife As We Knew It
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Chapters 1-3Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Part One: Spring
Chapter 1 Summary
At the beginning of Chapter 1, it is May 7, and Miranda is a typical teenager. While waiting for her mother to return from dropping her brother Jonny off at baseball practice, she receives a call from her father saying that his second wife, Lisa, is pregnant, and that they want Miranda to be godmother to their new child. She does not know what to say, but ultimately agrees. After hanging up with her father and Lisa, she visits the fan site of Brandon Erlich, an Olympic-hopeful figure skater from her hometown. Miranda says that she wants to start taking skating lessons again in order to get all the news about Brandon from his former skating coach, Mrs. Daley. When Miranda’s mother finally returns home, she tells her the news about Lisa.
As Miranda prepares for Mother’s Day on May 8, the reader learns that her friend Megan, whom she wants to invite over with her mother for Mother’s Day dinner, has been spending more and more time at her church. Megan seems to idolize her pastor, Reverend Marshall almost as much as Miranda idolizes Brandon. In subsequent journal entries, Miranda goes on to explain how Megan has become more vocal about her 
