Craft/Style: What stylistic techniques does Rosoff employ to achieve voice? How does she use this to achieve character development?
What rules does she break and why is this successful?
What is the significance of the book’s title?
How do world events described in the novel reflect the upheaval in Daisy’s own life?
How does this novel compare with others you have read that make a crossover between adult and children’s literature?
In 2004, How I Live Now scooped, a major prize for children’s fiction. Would you describe it as a novel for children? Can it be understood on different levels?
What did you think of Meg Rosoff’s vision of an occupied Britain in the 21st century? Did you find it frightening? Believeable?
Why does the author choose an American narrator? What insights does she bring as a newcomer to British life and traditions? What do you think of the chatty, first-person style of the book?