The War I Finally Won Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: 4-7
Product Detail:
When Ada’s clubfoot is surgically fixed at last, she knows for certain
that she’s not what her mother said she was—damaged, deranged, crippled
mentally as well as physically. She’s not a daughter anymore, either.
Who is she now?
World War II rages on, and Ada and her
brother, Jamie, move with their guardian, Susan, into a cottage with the
iron-faced Lady Thorton and her daughter, Maggie. Life in the crowded
home is tense. Then Ruth moves in. Ruth, a Jewish girl, from Germany. A German? Could Ruth be a spy?
As
the fallout from war intensifies, calamity creeps closer, and life
during wartime grows even more complicated. Who will Ada decide to be?
How can she keep fighting? And who will she struggle to save?
Ada’s first story, The War that Saved My Life,
was a #1 New York Times bestseller and won a Newbery Honor, the
Schneider Family Book Award, and the Josette Frank Award, in addition to
appearing on multiple best-of-the-year lists. This second masterwork of
historical fiction continues Ada's journey of family, faith, and
identity, showing us that real freedom is not just the ability to
choose, but the courage to make the right choice.
