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How I live now

To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land.

Main Author:	Rosoff, Meg, 1956-
Other Authors:	Guest, Kim Mai.
Format:	Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Random House/Listening Library, p2005.
Subjects:	Family life > England > Young adult fiction. War > Young adult fiction. Cousins > Young adult fiction. Farm life > England > Young adult fiction. Eating disorders > Young adult fiction. England > Young adult fiction. Audiobooks > Young adult.

Summary:	To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land.
Item Description:	Unabridged. Compact disc.
Physical Description:	4 sound discs (ca. 72 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:	0307207234 :
Author Notes:	Meg Rosoff was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 16, 1956. She studied at Harvard University, but left for England in 1977 to take classes at Central St. Martin's College of Art and Design. She returned to finish her degree in English and fine arts at Harvard University. She worked in New York City for 10 years in publishing and advertising, before moving to England. Her first novel, How I Live Now, was published in 2004 and won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Her other novels include What I Was, The Bride's Farewell, There Is No Dog, Moose Baby, and Picture Me Gone. Just in Case won the 2007 Carnegie Medal. She won the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She is also the author of a picture book entitled Meet Wild Boars and co-author of a non-fiction book entitled London Guide: Your Passport to Great Travel. (Bowker Author Biography)

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