We all looked up

"We all looked up" by Tommy Wallach is a book about the end of the world. On the news, an astroid was reported to hit the earth and kill 2/3 of the population of the world.  Of course if it were the end of the world, people would freak out and do everything on their bucket list. In "We all looked up", Peter, Eliza, Andy and Anita only work on what needs to be fixed before their likely death in 9 weeks. They overcome their stereotypes, Peter being the perfect and charming jock, Eliza being the slut of the school, Andy being the slacker and Anita being the Nerd who doesn't mess up on anything. They discover things about themselves that they never knew was possible and break rules in order to get what the want. They live on the edge for the last weeks of their lives which taught them a lifetime supply of lessons.
 One important moment in the book was the end when ardor, which is the name of the astroid, was coming right towards the characters. That is an important moment because it is the last seconds of their life time so they do not care about anything anymore. The real version of themselves comes out. The last words and actions of someone says a lot about them because you say so many words and do so many things in your life and your last actions is like the concluding statement of your life. You don't want to end your life with a lousy conclusion, just like you don't want to with an essay. The characters last actions was laughing. "They laughed. The astroid was a little bit bigger now, brighter, and they went on laughing. Laughing in the face of what they couldn't predict or control or change." Everyone was laughing as ardor was coming towards them. I think that this means they thought it was ridiculous how their life was ending like this, so early. Too early. They also might have been laughing because they didn't know what to do, they were laughing out of nervousness. if you saw your death right in front of you, wouldn't you be nervous? They didn't know what to feel at the moment.
To conclude, the book gives a valid example of what kids close to my age would do at a deadly situation. Death is a very scary topic and puts all of your traits at task. People don't want to die at a low point. "We all looked up" taught me not to take life for granted because you never know when it will be cut short.