Manhattanite Daisy, 15, moves to London to stay with an aunt and
cousins she's never met. Without preamble or fanfare, an
unidentified enemy attacks and war ensues. Her aunt is abroad on a
peace mission, meaning that Daisy and her three cousins, with whom
she forges a remarkable relationship, must survive almost entirely
on their own. This is a very relatable contemporary story, told in
honest, raw first-person and filled with humor, love, pathos, and
carnage. War, as it will, changes these young people irrevocably,
not necessarily for the worse. They and readers know that no one
will ever be the same. The story of Daisy and her three exceptional
cousins, one of whom becomes her first lover, offers a keen
perspective on human courage and resilience. An epilogue, set six
years after the conclusion, while war still lingers, ends Daisy's
story on a bittersweet, hopeful note. (Fiction. 12+) (Kirkus
Reviews)
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.
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