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This is a great story to teach the ideas of perseverance through a common theme of overcoming struggle

“I was not broken. I was not ugly. I was not worthless. I was something else entirely.”

This story is set during WWII follows Ada who goes on a journey to escape London and go countryside where she learns to trust, love, and overcome her abusive past.

“You are not worthless. You are not broken. You are whole and worthy of love”

I wouldn‘t use this book in my classroom because there‘s some topics and themes that are discussed that are a bit too heavy for a school environment

This was a really heavy book but well written. I appreciated the message and how it was portrayed

“Maybe I could do it. Maybe I could be free.“

The themes are personal growth, overcoming adversity, and the power of love and kindness in transforming lives. It teaches readers that everyone, no matter their background or physical challenges, deserves respect and the opportunity to shape their own future.

This is an inspiring story about Ada, a young girl born with a clubfoot, who escapes her abusive mother during World War II. Along with her brother Jamie, she is evacuated to the English countryside where she finds freedom, learns to trust others, and discovers her own strength.

This will be one of my top books of the year. War stories aren‘t my favorite, nor is historical fiction. I also don‘t like books where kids are hurt. But this one had such an immense wait list on my Libby app that when it finally came up after about 3 years, I knew I had to listen to it as I might not get another chance! The audio was amazing. It was sad in some ways but very lovely, hopeful and even humourous. Fantastic narration. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Set in WWII England, this middle grade novel details Ada‘s escape from her abusive mother to join her brother Jamie as he is evacuated to the Kent countryside. She grapples with (forced) gratitude toward her new caretaker Susan, low self-esteem, and the knowledge that her mother does not love her, for she could have given Ada surgery to fix her clubfoot as a child and did not.

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Listening to this one...

Great book for suspense, and has a great story.

I found this book delightful. It's a little over-the-top at times, but only enough to be improbable, not impossible. And really, bombings and air raids and evacuations of children and really most of WWII are over-the-top but completely factual, so there you are. The novel feels like an honest depiction of several types of trauma and cultural biases from a child's perspective.

March was a good reading month. I ended up going pretty much all in on the middle grade reading so that I didn‘t finish some other things in the plans. Although I‘m in the middle of some, I finished no books from the 1001 list and got behind on Ulysses, but I did mark 7 books off the owned TBR list.

Favorites this month were The War That Saved My Life & The Lions of Little Rock.

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This book was incredible, and Kimberly Brubaker Bradley is becoming a must read author for me. It‘s a story of a brother and sister evacuated from London to the countryside in the early days of WWII, but it‘s also a story of found family. Ada and Jamie learn there‘s much more to life than the limited and abusive home life they left behind.

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This juvenile book, set during WW2, was so interesting to read. I'll definitely get the second book at my library. While I got tired of reading WW2-related books (overload), this book focused more on life in war-stricken England, with two kids from London being entrusted to a single older woman in the countryside. The boy and the girl were from a poor and abusive household, but despite the war, we'll see them blossom in their new environment.

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The war that saved my life was a great book I couldn't stop reading it, it was a fantastic story. My favorite character was definitely the little pony. There where no flaws and I loved it.

Ada and James escape their horrible Mam when all of the kids in London were sent elsewhere to keep them safe from the impending war. They are forced to live with Susan, and while it is a bumpy ride, they all grow in different ways. This is a wonderfully written juvenile book.

10 word book review: This book is my favorite read of 2020 so far!

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I‘m still on a sentimental #middlegrade kick, apparently, and this book is a DOOZY. Major tearjerker and content warning for child abuse, although portrayed sensitively for its audience and probably harder to read as an adult. Still, there‘s something almost comforting about reading about the London Blitz and evacuation of children in WWII— maybe because it was a disaster when everyone came together to get through tough times as best they could.

Brilliant story. Excellent narration!

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Latest library hold to come in!

The library is so quiet and peaceful today!

Maya is stocking up on Battle of the Books reads, and I picked up a stack of #WinterGames reading, one of which is the December selection for my book club. I don‘t usually read this genre, so we‘ll see how I like them. I signed up for @Clwojick ‘s #WinterGames, but as a #renegade and didn‘t join a team, to keep it super low pressure. 🤣

This Newberry Honor book by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. I have to admit made me cry at first. This is a historical fiction book is set in the onset of World War II and the main character Ada is truly struggling she has a physical disability and she being horribly abused by her mother but thanks to the War she able to escape her mother. This story is a how little girl survived and was able to make a difference. #ucflae3414f19

What a beautiful, heart-warming #audiobook! A young girl with a club foot is evacuated from London to the English countryside with her little brother at the start of WWII. Having suffered physical and emotional abuse at the hand of their mother, young Ada and little Jamie begin to blossom under the loving care of their guardian Sarah. Sarah, too, comes back to life with renewed fervor. Highly recommended!

YA historical fiction for my school‘s reading challenge.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I read a fair number of middle grade books, but usually just to see what my daughter is reading. This is the first MG book I‘ve read before my daughter and I will be handing it off to her as soon as I return from discussing it at my book club. A wonderful historical about a girl who is evacuated during WWII and learns her own value and how to trust others. Definitely a book for everyone, not just middle graders!

This HF Newbery Honor is a great book for IR. I read it on my own this semester and couldn‘t put it down. The story of young Ada and her brother in a time of war tugs at your heart strings. I think it‘s perfect for your strong readers in 3rd grade and up. http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-the-war-that-saved-my-life/hickleberrypunchfi... this link shares a study guide of the book so the teacher can have a understanding of what is going on throughout the text

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Wow! This was one of those young adult/children‘s books that is so well written it could be an adult‘s book. It deals with tough subjects like disability, generational abuse, war, adoption, and poverty in nuanced ways. Well-written and hopeful, yet, I wouldn‘t recommend to a child without someone to help them make sense of the tough stuff. So glad I picked this one up on #modernmrsdarcy ‘s recommendation.

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“I wanted to say a lot of things, but, as usual, I didn't have the words for the thoughts inside my head.”

Nice story. A really great way for middle grade children to begin learning about WWII.