The War That Saved My Life

        The War That Saved My Life is a tragic, but heartwarming novel written by award-winning author Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. The War That Saved My Life was awarded and honored with the following achievements:

        Ten-year-old Ada has a club foot, and due to her mother's humiliation, she has never left her one-room apartment.  So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada she sneaks out to join him. A new adventure has begun for Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who has no choice but to take in Ada and her brother. Ada learns how to ride a pony,  to read, to watch for German spies, and finally to trust Susan, and Susan learns to love the children back. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother return to the cruel hands of their unloving mother?