How I Live Now

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• Suddenly last summer...

  How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff Puffin £12.99, pp192 Rarely does a writer come up with a first novel so assured, so powerful and engaging that you can be pretty sure that you will want to read everything that this author is capable of writing. But that ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

• Life, love and a glimpse of death

  How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff 192pp, Puffin, £12.99 There are some pretty good children's novels out there, but it is only occasionally that one comes along with a voice so stridently pure and direct and funny that you simply can't question it - you t ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

3 Reviews

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  Survival story

  This book reminded me of a recurring nightmare that I had as child when I was running and hiding in the woods from some unknown enemy. Set "slightly in the future" during a world-wide war, a family of children are left to survive on their own when their mother leaves for some unknown reason probably ... (continue)

  This book reminded me of a recurring nightmare that I had as child when I was running and hiding in the woods from some unknown enemy. Set "slightly in the future" during a world-wide war, a family of children are left to survive on their own when their mother leaves for some unknown reason probably related to the war. It did keep my attention and at times I was fairly riveted to the page. Not the best I've ever read, but certainly not the worst.

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  Own it. 7th and up.

  Great book. Is this the future?

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  Tulalola said on Jun 8, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  2005 Michael L Printz Award BookI have a love-hate relationship with this book. I thought it was very well written, however, I will be very surprised if a lot of teenagers read it and like it. There were times when I wanted to put it down and not finish it at all. I did like the ending. I think it m ... (continue)

  2005 Michael L Printz Award BookI have a love-hate relationship with this book. I thought it was very well written, however, I will be very surprised if a lot of teenagers read it and like it. There were times when I wanted to put it down and not finish it at all. I did like the ending. I think it might make a good discussion book, however, I would have a really hard time trying to sell a book I didn't entirely like.

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  SheReads said on Mar 6, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 224 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0141318015
• ISBN-13: 9780141318011
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Pub date: Jun 30, 2005
• Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Deutsche Bücher

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