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2004
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“Every war has turning points and every person too.”Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she’s never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off as London is attacked and occupied by an unnamed enemy.As power fails, and systems fail, the farm becomes more isolated. Despite the war, it’s a kind of Eden, with no adults in cha...
2013
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**NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • The award-winning author of Now I Live Now presents a gorgeous and unforgettable page-turner of a novel about the relationship between parents and children, love and loss.“A brilliant depiction of the complexity of human relationships in a story that's at once contemplative and suspenseful.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review“The author accurately captures this mature adolescent's view of adults without condescension or judgmen...
The Bride's Farewell
A Novel
2009
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A tender and magical tale from the 2016 recipient of the Astrid Lindgren award and author of international bestseller How I Live Now, National Book Awardfinalist Picture Me Gone, and most recently Jonathan UnleashedPell Ridley, daughter of a good-for-nothing preacher in mid-nineteenth century England, has watched her mother crushed by the burden of too many children and too little money. Unwilling to repeat her fate, Pell runs away on her...
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Jonathan Unleashed
A Novel
2016
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**“[A] comic masterpiece.” —People magazine’s “Book of the Week”“A charming comedy on love, friendship, and the surprising influence of man’s best friend.” —Harper’s BazaarNational Book Award finalist and bestselling author Meg Rosoff's charming, hilarious new novel about a young New Yorker’s search for happiness and the two dogs who help him find it—the perfect summer read**Jonathan Trefoil’s boss is unhinged, his relationship baffling, and his ap...
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- McTavish Stories
2019
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A dog with a plan adopts a chaotic family in a wry comedy extolling the virtues of common sense.When Ma Peachey takes up yoga, the rest of the family finds themselves abandoned to chaos: no one cooks dinner, no one picks up the dirty laundry, the children are always late for school, and there is a good deal of squabbling and squalor. Ma may be off finding inner peace, but irritable Pa Peachey, glum Ava, and wannabe girl-charmer Ollie are falling apart. Only Betty, ...
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2009
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Justin Case is convinced fate has in for him.And he's right.After finding his younger brother teetering on the edge of his balcony, fifteen-year-old David Case realizes the fragility of life and senses impending doom. Without looking back, he changes his name to Justin and assumes a new identity, new clothing and new friends, and dares to fall in love with the seductive Agnes Day. With his imaginary dog Boy in tow, Justin struggles to fit into his new role and above all, to ...
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2020
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From award-winning author Meg Rosoff comes this clever, laugh-out-loud picture book about a family's surprising newest member--a moose!When he first arrives, everyone is expecting the usual kind of baby. But right away, his family notices there's something different about this one. Instead of two feet, he has four hooves. Instead of drinking milk, he eats twigs and weeds. Instead of a tiny human, they bring home a moose baby! With his long legs, silky ears, and stu...
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2023
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From bestselling, award-winning author Meg Rosoff comes a gritty, intoxicating novel about a summer of unforgettable firsts: of independence, lies, love and the inevitable loss of innocence. Sharp and irresistible, it's perfect for fans of Judy Blume's Summer Sisters and Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend.New York City. Summer 1983. A summer internship in New York was meant to be everything Beth wanted. But from the moment she arrives in the cit...
What I Was
A Novel
2008
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From the 2016 recipient of the Astrid Lindgren award and author of international bestseller How I Live Now, National Book Awardfinalist Picture Me Gone, and most recently Jonathan UnleashedFinn was a beautiful orphan. H was a prep school misfit. On a September afternoon many years ago they met on a beach on the coast of England, near the ancient fisherman’s hut Finn was squatting in with his woodstove, a case of books, a striped blanket a...
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2021
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When Pa Peachey becomes comically ambitious about entering a town baking competition, family dog McTavish wisely cooks up a plan to rescue him from himself.Pa Peachey has gotten it in his head that he is going to be the baker in the family, and the Peacheys and their dog, McTavish, are more than a little surprised. Stunned, in fact. Ever since Ma Peachey declared herself free of the cooking responsibilities, Betty, Ava, and Ollie have taken turns making inventive a...
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2012
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**From the Nation Book Award finalist for Picture Me Now comes a quirky tale where one lazy, junk-food loving teenager finds himself in control of creating and shaping the universe.“Rosoff has a good time with her hunky, ne'r-do-well deity.”—The Washington Post“Wildly inventive and laugh-out-loud funny.”—Booklist, starred review“Cheeky and subversive.”—The Horn Book, starred review“Thoughtful, hilarious.”—People**...
2021
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From National Book Award Finalist Meg Rosoff comes a lyrical, compulsively readable coming-of-age tale that is heady, irresistible, and timeless.Everyone talks about falling in love like it's the most miraculous, life-changing thing in the world. Something happens, they say, and you know . . .I looked into his eyes and I knew.Only, everyone else knew too. Everyone else felt exactly the same way.This is the story of o...
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