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How I Live Now
Author	Meg Rosoff
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre(s)	Young adult
Publisher	Puffin Books
Publication date	5 August 2004
Pages	192 pp
ISBN	978-0141380759
OCLC Number	56465545

How I Live Now is a young adult novel by Meg Rosoff, first published in 2004. The book won three notable awards including the Michael L. Printz Award and received generally positive reviews.

Contents

1 Awards and nominations
2 BBC Radio adaptation
3 References
4 External links

Awards and nominations

2004 Won the Guardian Award^[1]
2004 Shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year^[2]
2004 Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal^[3]
2005 Won the Michael L. Printz Award^[4]
2005 Won the Branford Boase Award^[5]
2005 Shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize^[6]

BBC Radio adaptation

In 2007 the novel was adapted for radio by Elizabeth Burke. There were five parts of fifteen minutes each, which aired daily from 12 to 15 November as the Woman's Hour Drama on BBC Radio 4.^[7]

Cast:

Greta Clough as Daisy
Matthew Barry as Edmond
Heidi Woodrow as Piper
Brendan Charleson as Daisy's father
Erica Eirian as Aunt Penn
Richard Mitchley as Major McEvoy
Gareth Warren as Joe

It was directed by Kate McAll and the music was composed by John Hardy.

References

^ Guardian Award 2004
^ "Interview: Amanda Craig meets Meg Rosoff". London: The Times. 2004-11-14. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article390829.ece. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
^ The CILIP Carnegie Medal & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards
^ Michael L. Printz Award
^ Branford Boase Award
^ "Seven books vie for teen fiction prize". The Guardian. 2005-06-10. http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1503766,00.html. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
^ BBC Radio Programme Information: Week 46, Monday

External links

Awards
Preceded by The First Part Last	Michael L. Printz Award Winner 2005	Succeeded by Looking for Alaska

Categories: Young adult novels | Alternate history novels

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Reviews - How I Live Now: Summary and reviews of How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff.

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''How I Live Now'' Book Video - The Book Standard is closed

BBC Radio Programme Information: Week 46, Monday - BBC - Press Office - Network Radio Programme Information Week 46 Monday 10 November 2008

The CILIP Carnegie Medal & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards - The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards

Branford Boase Award - The Branford Boase Award and Henrietta Branford Writing Competiton

Seven books vie for teen fiction prize - Seven books vie for teen fiction prize | Books | guardian.co.uk

Guardian Award 2004 - Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2004 | Special Reports | guardian.co.uk Books

Michael L. Printz Award - ALA | Michael L. Printz Award

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