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The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
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bookshelves: adolescent-fiction, historical-fiction, world-war-two, read-to-girls
Jun 27, 2018
bookshelves: adolescent-fiction, historical-fiction, world-war-two, read-to-girls
I read this to the girls this summer. Wow. What a story. I'm not sure who was affected more: them or me.
Set in the early months of World War II in London and Kent, it's the story of Ada and her brother. Neglected and abused by their mother, they escape during the evacuation of some children to the countryside when Londoners fear that Hitler will bomb the city. A cripple, Ada has been hidden from society and cannot read. The war thrusts her into the world, and with her horse (of course there's a horse) she begins to find a place in it, as well as that she can be loved.
But is she safe from her mother? Has she really escaped the abuse?
Though about a girl, I would recommend the book to boys and girls and given some of the content reading with parents below a certain age is probably advisable. Nothing graphic, but just frightening. Reading it with my girls was a fulfilling, educational, and enjoyable experience.
Set in the early months of World War II in London and Kent, it's the story of Ada and her brother. Neglected and abused by their mother, they escape during the evacuation of some children to the countryside when Londoners fear that Hitler will bomb the city. A cripple, Ada has been hidden from society and cannot read. The war thrusts her into the world, and with her horse (of course there's a horse) she begins to find a place in it, as well as that she can be loved.
But is she safe from her mother? Has she really escaped the abuse?
Though about a girl, I would recommend the book to boys and girls and given some of the content reading with parents below a certain age is probably advisable. Nothing graphic, but just frightening. Reading it with my girls was a fulfilling, educational, and enjoyable experience.
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Reading Progress
May 25, 2018
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Started Reading
May 25, 2018
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June 27, 2018
– Shelved as:
adolescent-fiction
June 27, 2018
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world-war-two
June 27, 2018
– Shelved as:
historical-fiction
June 27, 2018
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Finished Reading
August 20, 2022
– Shelved as:
read-to-girls
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Dec 25, 2018 11:13PM
Dan, Keith and I listened to this audio book while traveling earlier this fall and then we discovered that there's a follow-up book that finishes the story. "The War I Finally Won" We like WWII stories and this had quite a bit of actual history. You probably already know this. Thanks for the recommendation. Aunt Janet
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