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Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker.

The war I finally won / Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. - New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2017. - 385 p. ; 22 cm.

Sequel to: The war that saved my life.

As the frightening impact of World War II creeps closer and closer to her door, eleven-year-old Ada learns to manage life on the home front. "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' not a daughter anymore, either. What is she? World War II continues, and Ada and her brother, Jamie, are living with their loving legal guardian, Susan, in a borrowed cottage on the estate of the formidable Lady Thorton, along with Lady Thorton herself and her daughter, Maggie. Life in the crowded cottage is tense enough, and then, quite suddenly, Ruth, a Jewish girl from Germany, moves in. A German? The occupants of the house are horrified. But other impacts of the war become far more frightening. As death creeps closer to their door, life and morality during wartime grow more complex. Who is Ada now? How can she keep fighting? And who will she struggle to save?"--From publisher.

Grades: 4-6. SLJ.

9780147516817 (pbk.) 9780525429203 (hc.)

2017009695


Identity (Philosophical concept)--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Guardian and ward--Fiction.
Siblings--Fiction.
Jews--Great Britain--Fiction.
Choice (Psychology)--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--England--Fiction


Great Britain--History--George VI, 1936-1952--Fiction.


Historical fiction, Juvenile.