How I Live Now

How I Live Now"Every war has turning points and every person too." Fifteen year old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she's never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off as London is attacked and occupied by an unnamed enemy. As power fails, and systems fail, the farm becomes more isolated. Despite the war, it's a kind of Eden, with

"Every war has turning points and every person too."

Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she's never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off as London is attacked and occupied by an unnamed enemy.

As power fails, and systems fail, the farm becomes more isolated. Despite the war, it's a kind of Eden, with no adults in charge and no rules, a place where Daisy's uncanny bond with her cousins grows into something rare and extraordinary. But the war is everywhere, and Daisy and her cousins must lead each other into a world that is unknown in the scariest, most elemental way.

A riveting and astonishing story.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
Published: 04/11/2006
ISBN: 9780553376050
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.32w x 0.48d
Award: Green Mountain Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/08/2006 pg. 69
People Weekly 10/14/2013 pg. 60

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 80148 / How I Live Now
Reading Level: 6.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 8