Book Description: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.
How I Live Now is an amazing voice-driven and heartbreaking novel about teenage emotions - love, loss, pain, and hope. Told from Daisy's first person POV, her voice comes right off the page from the very beginning. Her voice keeps the pace moving quickly, and she glazes over more serious "adult matters" like the war so that I was actually shocked several times when I realized exactly what was going on in the outside world. Daisy's sarcastic humor is one of the truest to the teenage experience, that I've seen - especially when the world is falling apart around her. She made me laugh, cringe, and cry numerous times throughout the book, and her voice reflects the change and growth she goes through during the course of the novel. Definitely a must read for all YA fans.
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