Summer Reading 1

The main character is a teenage girl named Elizabeth, but no one ever calls her that she usually goes by the name Daisy. Her mom died after giving birth to her and her dad is a very careless parent who sleeps with various women every night and pays no attention to his daughter. Having hopes for a better childhood Daisy moves to the English countryside with her aunt Penn and her cousins. When she first arrives at the airport she is greeted by Edmond who is a fourteen-year-old boy alone at the airport with a cigar coming out of his mouth. He asks to see her aunt Penn but to her surprise Edmond drove himself to the airport at the age of 14. On the drive home Edmond drives like a maniac as any 14-year-old boy would drive, paying no attention to speed limits or signs. When they arrive at the house deep in the English countryside buried in the woods she is greeted by all of her cousins. She first meets Isaac who is a quiet kid who likes to keep to himself, but he is very smart once she gets to know him. Then she meets Osbert who is the oldest cousin at sixteen, who likes to act superior to all of the other cousins and doesn’t always hang out with the rest of the group. Once she settles in to her beautiful room in the old yellow brick L shaped house with the steep roof she meets Piper who she becomes great friends with piper looks up to her as the sister she’s never had. Daisy sees Piper as the cutes girl in the world and bonds really well with her. The house also has a barn on the property with goats, cows, dogs, and cats. The kids enjoy taking care of the animals and the animals also provide the family with a great deal of food. The next day Daisy gets to meet her aunt Penn, the night before she was incredibly busy with work. She is part of a committee to figure out if there could be a war stirring up. She and Daisy talk a lot about Daisy’s mom but the next day aunt Penn must leave to attend a meeting and while she is gone the war begins and she can not get back home, leaving the kids alone with no electricity and other common privileges due to recent bombings in the city’s. The kids have a feeling they are safe from the enemy troops because they are so far out in the country, but they need to figure out a way to stay safe, healthy, and well feed without knowing if aunt Penn will ever come back or when the war will end.