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The war that Saved my Life

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

*Winner of the 2016 Schneider Family Book Award *2016 Newbery Honor book An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaimed author of "Jefferson s Sons" and for fans of "Number the Stars." 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?"

GenresWorld War, 1939-1945Evacuation of civiliansGreat BritainJuvenile fictionChildren with disabilitiesSiblings

316 pages, 15 editions

English edition · First published 2015 by Puffin Books · ISBN 9780606388436

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Editions

15 editions

English

  • The war that Saved my Life · Puffin Books · 2016 · ISBN 9780606388436 · 1 reader This page
  • The War That Saved My Life · Elex Media Komputindo · 2022 · ISBN 9786230033414
  • The War That Saved My Life · Thorndike Press · 2019 · ISBN 9781432865863
  • The War That Saved My Life · Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company · 2019 · ISBN 9781432865856
  • The War That Saved My Life · Text · 2016 · ISBN 9781925355642
  • The War That Saved My Life (Newbery Honor Award Winner) · Penguin · 2016 · ISBN 9780147510488
  • The War That Saved My Life · Penguin Publishing Group · 2016 · ISBN 9781484482858
  • The War That Saved My Life: (Newbery Honor Award Winner) · Turtleback Books · 2016 · ISBN 9781663698315
  • War That Saved My Life · Bound to Stay Bound Books · 2015 · ISBN 9798855015034
  • The War That Saved My Life · Penguin US · 2015 · ISBN 9781101637807
  • The War That Saved My Life · National Geographic Books · 2015 · ISBN 9780553556513
  • The War That Saved My Life · Books on tape · 2015 · ISBN 9780553556537
  • The War That Saved My Life: Library Edition · Random House · 2015 · ISBN 9781467697439
  • The War That Saved My Life · Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group · 2015 · ISBN 9781101890622
  • The War that Saved my Life · Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC · 2015 · ISBN 9780803740815

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