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Every war has turning points and every person tooFifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins shes 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 enemyAs power fails and systems fail the farm becomes more isolated Despite the war its a kind of Eden with no adults in charge and no rules a place where Daisys 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 wayA riveting and astonishing story
About the Author
Meg Rosoff was born in Boston, educated at Harvard and St Martin's College of Art, and worked in New York City for ten years before moving to London permanently in 1989. She worked in publishing, politics, PR and advertising until 2004, when she wrote her first novel, How I Live Now, which won the Guardian Children's fiction prize (UK) , Michael L Printz prize (US) , the Die Zeit children's book of the year (Germany) and was shortlisted for the Orange first novel award. Her second novel, Just in Case, won the 2007 Carnegie Medal. Meg's latest book is The Bride's Farewell. She lives in London with her husband, daughter and two very hairy dogs.
