Her triumphant World War II journey continues in this sequel to the Newbery Honor–winning The War that Saved My Life Like the classic heroines of Sarah, Plain and Tall, Little Women, and Anne of Green Gables, Ada is a fighter for the ages. I heartily recommend the book for anyone twelve and up! Book Summary from the Publisher I could hear the sounds of the London streets and smell the sweet countryside. I absolutely loved this wonderfully compelling book! The author drew me into her world more completely than any movie or play. Children who read this book will gain a good solid understanding of World War II and life in England during those times. But the author does a wonderful job of exposing just enough reality of those times and events without explicitly describing the true evil. When I first began the book I thought that the dark corners of evil that the author brings into the story in the form of Ada’s mother and later the evil perpetrated on the young Jewish girl, Ruth, before she escaped to come live with Ada and Jamie and Susan, would be too horrible for tweens.

The story is a beautifully compelling work of historical fiction that is perfect for any high schooler or tween. Jaime adapts readily to his happier life, but Ada is haunted by her past and the rest of this fantastic tale is the story of how Ada learns to trust and ultimately to love others and cherish good in people. The kindly woman, Susan, who has taken Ada and her brother in as part of the government plan to evacuate children from London during the bombing raids of World War II, has her work cut out for her as she unexpectedly becomes Ada and Jamie’s sole guardian. She is lame, due to a club foot, but at the start of this second volume in the series, Ada gets that operation which will fix her foot and allow her to walk. The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Īda is a young girl who starts life in horrible circumstances with an abusive mother and caring for her little brother.

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