The war that saved my life /
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker,
The war that saved my life / by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. - 316 pages ; 22 cm.
A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother. "Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesnt waste a minute--she sneaks out to join him. So begins a new adventure of Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan--and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother fall back into the cruel hands of their mother?" -- Publisher's description.
Newbery Honor Book, 2016. Schneider Family Book Award for Middle School, 2016.
9780147510488
2014002168
World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--Great Britain--Juvenile fiction.
Children with disabilities--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain--History--George VI, 1936-1952--Juvenile fiction.
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The war that saved my life / by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. - 316 pages ; 22 cm.
A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother. "Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesnt waste a minute--she sneaks out to join him. So begins a new adventure of Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan--and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother fall back into the cruel hands of their mother?" -- Publisher's description.
Newbery Honor Book, 2016. Schneider Family Book Award for Middle School, 2016.
9780147510488
2014002168
World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--Great Britain--Juvenile fiction.
Children with disabilities--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain--History--George VI, 1936-1952--Juvenile fiction.
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