Once there, Daisy's life entirely changes from that of a surly Manhattan teen, to one of a young woman in love and fighting for survival in what is now a U.K. The story follows a troubled 15-year-old New Yorker named Daisy (Ronan), who is sent away on the brink of war to live with distant cousins in the English countryside. starring Saoirse Ronan and directed by The Last King of Scotland's Kevin MacDonald. Friday, the film version opened in the U.S.
Published in 2004, it was a "word-of-mouth" best-seller that went on to win the prestigious Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Meg Rosoff's How I Live Now is a particularly daring young adult novel that tackles the topics of war, young love, anorexia, and even incest.
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