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The war that saved my life / by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.
A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.
"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?" --Publisher's description.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780803740815
- ISBN: 0803740816
- ISBN: 9780147510488
- ISBN: 0147510481
- Physical Description: 316 pages ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, An imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Bookjacket illustrator: Josie Portillo.
- Target Audience Note:
- 580L lexileDecoding: 5 (very hard) Vocabulary: 5 (very hard) Sentences: 5 (very hard) Patterns: 5 (very hard) Lexile.
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader MG 4.1 9.0.AR 4.1.4.1.Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.1 9.0 Quiz 170995.Reading Counts 3-5 3.3 16.Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 4.1 9.0 170995.
- Awards Note:
- Newbery Honor Book, 2016Schneider Family Book Award for Middle School, 2016Sequoyah Book Intermediate Award, 2018.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Ardsley Public Library | J BRADLEY (Text) | 31000151357673 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Bedford Free Library | J FIC BRA #1 (Text) | 31002100563385 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Bedford Free Library | YA FIC BRA (Text) | 31002150836350 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
| Bedford Free Library | YA FIC BRA (Text) | 31002150644085 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
| Bedford Hills Free Library | J BRADLEY (Text) | 31003151361174 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Bronxville Public Library | J BRADLEY (Text) | 31004151732356 | Juvenile Fiction | Checked out | 12/22/2025 |
| Chappaqua Library | J BRA (Text) | 31005154077368 | Juvenile Fiction | Checked out | 12/09/2025 |
| Croton Free Library | J/BRADLEY #1 (Text) | 31006151508975 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Croton Free Library | J/BRADLEY #1 (Text) | 31006151916640 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Dobbs Ferry Public Library | J BRADLEY (Text) | 31007151185236 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |