Life As We Knew It, Susan Pfeffer

"After you pay for your first wagons, put the stuff in the car and go back. Jonny, you get water. As many bottles as you can fit in. Mrs Nesbitt, you get whatever you think you're going to want. Miranda, you go to health and beauty aids. Get aspirin and peroxide and Band-Aids."

"Great," I said. "The world's coming to an end, and we're fixing it with Band-Aids."

Put this one with Tomorrow When the War Began and How I Live Now in the 'teens surviving extraordinary circumstances' box. When Miranda first hears that a meteor is going to hit the moon, it barely rates a mention in her diary. But the meteor is bigger and denser than astronomers predicted, and it pushes the moon closer to the Earth. Tides go crazy (Australia is mostly underwater; the Netherlands are gone). Volcanoes erupt, blanketing the planet in a thick cloud of ash. This survival story is nail-bitingly exciting. It feels so real, you'll find yourself seriously distressed. I literally went and checked my pantry to see how much tinned food I had.

Life As We Knew It is longlisted for the Silver Inky.