How I Live Now - Meg Rosoff
by Renjith Joseph
I picked this small book up at random. It looks quite girly, with a rose-red cover and butterfly stencils. But the novel is really
good. It is about Elizabeth, known as Daisy, an American teenager that is sent to live in the English countryside with her cousins by
her "evil" stepmother. It isn't fantasy or fairytale, though. This is during World War II and because she has nothing to do, she
decides to get to know her cousins. She immediately likes Piper, Isaac and Edmond, but Osbert (I think that's the correct name) is
more concerned about what is happening with the war. Aunt Penn seems nice enough and Daisy wants to ask her questions about her
(Daisy's) mother but she has to go on a business trip (don't hold me to that either. I read it recently, but I wasn't paying attention
to this). Soon the children hear that Aunt Penn is stuck overseas because of the escalation of the war. Daisy realises that Edmond can
hear thoughts. She knows when he is listening because he always tips his head to a side, so she is careful about what she thinks of.
Daisy soon finds herself falling in love with her cousin. When she "thinks" this to him, they make out and start a relationship, if
you know what I mean . It is between cousins, but there are no extensive details, so it's all good. The children get seperated and the
thoughts of a teenage girl in WWII can be fully understood. The voice is "faultless" as Mark Haddon says. 9/10.
There is a movie set to come out in 2013 with the same name, but has a different plot. The author said that the script was different
but good, I don't know if the film will be good. Most movies that have been adapted from a book have been ridiculously crap. One
exception for me is The Green Mile.
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