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How I Live Now

By Meg Rosoff

By Meg Rosoff

By Meg Rosoff

By Meg Rosoff

By Meg Rosoff

By Meg Rosoff

By Meg Rosoff
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Oct 22, 2013 | ISBN 9780449819609 | Young Adult

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Apr 11, 2006 | ISBN 9780553376050 | Young Adult

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Nov 30, 2004 | ISBN 9780375890543 | Young Adult

Audiobook Download $14.00

Feb 08, 2005 | 255 Minutes | Young Adult

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    About How I Live Now

    This award winning novel will soon be released as a movie starring Saoirse Ronan as Daisy.

    Fifteen-year-old New Yorker Daisy is sent to live in the English countryside with cousins she’s never even met. When England is attacked and occupied by an unnamed enemy, the cousins find themselves on their own. Power fails, system fail. As they grow more isolated, the farm becomes a kind of Eden, with no rules. Until the war arrives in their midst.
              Daisy’s is a war story, a survival story, a love story—all told in the voice of a subversive and witty teenager. This book crackles with anxiety and with lust. It’s a stunning and unforgettable first novel that captures the essence of the age of terrorism: how we live now.

    About 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 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.

    About 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 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.

    About 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 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.

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    About Meg Rosoff

    MEG ROSOFF grew up in a suburb of Boston and moved to London in 1989. She spent fifteen years working in advertising before writing her first YA novel, How I Live Now, which has sold more than a million copies in… More about Meg Rosoff

    About Meg Rosoff

    MEG ROSOFF grew up in a suburb of Boston and moved to London in 1989. She spent fifteen years working in advertising before writing her first YA novel, How I Live Now, which has sold more than a million copies in… More about Meg Rosoff

    About Meg Rosoff

    MEG ROSOFF grew up in a suburb of Boston and moved to London in 1989. She spent fifteen years working in advertising before writing her first YA novel, How I Live Now, which has sold more than a million copies in… More about Meg Rosoff

    About Meg Rosoff

    MEG ROSOFF grew up in a suburb of Boston and moved to London in 1989. She spent fifteen years working in advertising before writing her first YA novel, How I Live Now, which has sold more than a million copies in… More about Meg Rosoff

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction

    Paperback | $9.99
    Published by Ember
    Oct 22, 2013 | 208 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780449819609

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction

    Paperback | $9.99
    Published by Wendy Lamb Books
    Apr 11, 2006 | 224 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780553376050

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Wendy Lamb Books
    Nov 30, 2004 | 224 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780375890543

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $14.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Feb 08, 2005 | 255 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780307207241
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    Praise

    "A daring, wise, and sensitive look at the complexities of being young in a world teetering on chaos, Rosoff’s poignant exploration of perseverance in the face of the unknown is a timely lesson for us all." – People Magazine

    "This riveting first novel paints a frighteningly realistic picture of a world war breaking out in the 21st century . . . Readers will emerge from the rubble much shaken, a little wiser, and with perhaps a greater sense of humanity." – Publishers Weekly, Starred

    “That rare, rare thing, a first novel with a sustained, magical and utterly faultless voice. After five pages, I knew she could persuade me to believe anything.” —Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

    “Readers will remain absorbed to the very end by this unforgettable and original story.”—The Bulletin, Starred

    “A winning combination of acerbic commentary, innocence, and sober vision. . . . Hilarious, lyrical, and compassionate.”—The Horn Book, Starred

    “A fantastic treat . . . Daisy is an unforgettable heroine.”—Kliatt, Starred

    “Powerful and engaging . . . a likely future classic.”—The Observer (U.K.)

    “A crunchily perfect knock-out of a debut novel.”—The Guardian (U.K.)

    Awards

    ALA Best Books for Young Adults WINNER 2005

    Branford Boase Award WINNER

    Michael L. Printz Award Winner WINNER 2005

    Printz Awards WINNER 2005

    Orange Prize for New Writers NOMINEE 2005

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