The war that Saved my Life
About this book
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 doesn’t 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?
Subjects
- abusive parenting
- abusive parents
- age:max:11
- age:min:9
- award:newbery_award
- brothers and sisters
- brothers and sisters, fiction
- children's fiction
- children with disabilities
- discapacitados
- europe
- evacuacion de civiles
- evacuation of civilians
- evacuation of civilians (1939-1945 : world war) fast (ocolc)fst01710188
- evacuation of civilians (1939-1945 : world war.) unknown
- family
- ficción juvenil
- fiction
- grade:max:7
- grade:min:4
- great britain, history, fiction
- guerra mundial ii, 1939-1945
- hermanos
- historia
- historical
- historical fiction
- history
- juvenile fiction
- lexile:580
- lexile_range:501-600
- newbery honor
- new york times bestseller
- nyt:childrens-middle-grade-e-book=2016-12-04
- nyt:childrens-middle-grade-hardcover=2016-01-31
- nyt:childrens-middle-grade-paperback=2016-06-19
- orphans & foster homes
- people with disabilities
- people with disabilities, fiction
- physical & emotional abuse
- siblings
- siblings, fiction
- social themes
- spanish language materials
- world war, 1939-1945
- world war (1939-1945) fast (ocolc)fst01180924
- world war, 1939-1945, fiction
- world war (1939-1945.) unknown
- ya fiction