How I Live Now
Meg Rosoff
194 Pages

Daisy is going to stay with her cousins in England for a while because life at home sucks. Her father has remarried, and his new wife is the devil, and the baby she is pregnant will be too. So she's off to live with Aunt Penn and her kids, and the experience is awesome, because Daisy feels miles away, and more alive than she ever has in New York, where she usually lives.

But when Aunt Penn is away on a business trip, war breaks out and there is no way for her to get back home. So the kids are on their own, left to fend for themselves. Only it isn't as bad as it sounds, because they live on a farm, and all the attacks are too far away to affect them. But when a soldier comes to their house and takes over, they are all split in half, and Daisy is off to live with another family with her cousin Piper and her dog Jet. And again things are fine, until they get worse and the whole prospect of war becomes really clear to them.

As they are left stranded, they fight a battle to reconnect with the rest of their cousins, and make it back home safely.

This book is completely and totally amazing. It won an award, which it definately deserves. It's written in Daisy's perspective, and it is perfect. I have no complaints, i think that everybody should read this book!!! It describes what it's like to live through a war, and leaves nothing out - it's real. Definately a 5/5!

Please read this book and give it the time it deserves!!

- Jenn :-) ***

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