Birdie is a blacksmith and Pell will be a great help to him. Everyone assumes that she will marry Birdie Finch, her neighbor in Nomansland, the smothering little village they call home in mid-19th century England. Pell Ridley, 15, is a natural-born horsewoman. The same holds true for her compulsively readable new novel “The Bride’s Farewell.” “Just in Case” and “What I Was” are intense enough to crossover as books that galvanize teens and adults. An international bestseller, it was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and took the Printz Award and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. In “How I Live Now,” 15-year-old Daisy leaves the United States for England to spend the summer with her cousin, and ends up on a perilous journey in the midst of war. Meg Rosoff, a London-based American, writes harrowing, psychologically complex novels for young adults.
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