It would be much easier to tell this story if it were all about a chaste and perfect love between Two Children Against the World at an Extreme Time in History. But let's face it, that would be crap. Daisy is sent from New York to England to spend a summer with cousins she has never met. They are Isaac, Edmond, Osbert and Piper. And two dogs and a goat. She's never met anyone quite like them before - and, as a dreamy English summer progresses, Daisy finds herself caught in a timeless bubble. It seems like the perfect summer. But their lives are about to explode. Falling in love is just the start of it. War breaks out - a war none of them understands, or really cares about, until it lands on their doorstep. The family is separated. The perfect summer is blown apart. Daisy's life is changed forever - and the world is too.
| ISBN | 0141318015 | | Weight (grammes) | 204 | | ISBN13 | 9780141318011
(What's this?) | | Published in | London | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Previous ISBN | 9780141022055 | | Imprint | Puffin Books | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 30 Jun 2005 | | Spine width (mm) | 16 | | DEWEY | 823.92 | | Academic level | Children | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Interest age | From 12 | | Pages | 224 | |
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Blackwell review: Meg Rosoff's writing is vibrant and engaging and this is her best book. Meet the spirited Daisy as she discovers love. Funny, original and moving, this is one of the best teen books I have read in ages
Kirsty - Oxford Broad Street
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My name is Elizabeth but no one's ever called me that. My father took one look at me when I was born and must have thought I had the face of someone dignified and sad like an old-fashioned queen or a dead person, but what I turned out like is plain, not much there to notice. Even my life so far has been plain. More Daisy than Elizabeth from the word go. (
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