The War that Saved My Life: (Newbery Honor Award Winner) Kindle Edition

This book gets a 5⭐️ rating, I couldn't put it down! I assigned it for my home school and enjoyed it as if I picked it up for myself. The themes in this book are told in a way that is appropriate for children and meaningful for adults. My son is into WW2 currently, and this story, as it is historical fiction, fits the bill perfectly to get and keep him reading well past the assigned chapters. Even if war isn't of someone's interested this book tells a phenomenal story and has rich character building. Loved it!!

I am a 4th and 5th grade teacher and I read this aloud every year to my students, as well as the sequel, The War I Finally Won. I understand the "concerns" you may have regarding the abuse that takes place- that's a real world problem and discussion you should have with your students. Now, the "undisclosure of sexuality" of Susan, however; the author does this in such a beautiful, tasteful way by offering it in a way that there is no "indoctrination" to our kids. When I got to the word "slut", I simply changed it so it wasn't read aloud, and I did not have to address what that was. Be smart people, you can change words. About Susan, being gay, my students have never figured it out, they just know that Susan's bestfriend was named Becky, and Susan was very sad, and became extremely depressed when she died. Clearly, I feel this is a "normal" way of displaying grief. I have read this book aloud to my 4th and 5th grade students for the past 5 years, and not one "figured out" that Susan was gay-they only know if you tell them. And I have never had that discussion with them-- There are subjects that you do not have to discuss as a teacher, use your own discretion. This book is amazing. I WANT to read it every year because it truly holds the interest of everyone of my students and they never want me to stop reading it. To be fair, if these subjects do come up, know your audience, yet use wisdom and discernment on how to approach these subjects. It's not the bulk of the story, it's subliminal. If you want to control of the story, read it aloud like I do. If you decide to let your child read it, have those discussions with them if its warranted. Honestly, this age is too young to understand "Susan", but as they get older, have the discussion. It doesn't mean you are going to ruin them. It's a beautiful story. The author does an amazing job with all of the characters- and Ada is a true warrior! As a teacher, you can do an amazing novel study with this book. It's a YES in so many ways!

A Total page turnerThe book The War That Saved My Life, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley is a must read. This book is full of emotion, it does not make you hope a good part will come, and it have moments full of suspense. I think this book makes you have more empathy and you realize how hard it was for some people.    The main character's name is Ada, she lives with her mom and her brother Jamie. They live in London and they are poor. Ada’s mom hates her because she thinks Ada is ugly and a disgrace because Ada has a clubfoot.  This story takes place in the 2nd world war with Hitler. One day Jamie tells his mom that his friend Billy is leaving for the country in the summertime because of the war and asked if Ada and him can go. His mom says that he can go because he’s a normal but Ada would stay in their house no matter what happened. That summer Ada learned to walk without her mom knowing and when all of the children needed to leave London Ada and Jamie snuck out of there house and ran to the train station that would take them to the country. When they get there every child but them is chosen to go home with someone. until a lady takes them to a home with another lady named Susan, can they stay safe in the country from Hitler or will he invade?    The book The War That Saved My Life. Is packed with emotion. One of the first things the author puts in the book to make it full of emotion is, “Don’t you be talkin’ to nobody’ mam said. I let you look out of the window with the kindness of my own heart, but i'll go an board it up if you go talking to anyone,” (p.g1). At this part of the story it’s when Ada’s mom hit her because she looked out her window and wanted to talk to people when her mom told her no. Another thing the author put in the book to make it full of emotion is “you ugly piece of rubbish! no one would want you! your trash,” (p.g214). At this part of the story Ada is trying on a dress and she remembers what her mom said about her. That is why I think the book The War That Saved My Life has lots of emotion.    Also, this book does not make you hope a good part will come one bit. something the author put in the book to make it not make you hope a good part will come is, “And the horse made a frantic leap over the wall and the rider disappeared ,” (pg 95-96). at this part of the story Ada is riding a horse and she’s sees another person riding a horse and she gets kicked off. Something additional the author added in the text was, “The man-an ordinary looking man,at least from the distance-he took something from his rucksack, he unfolded it and buried in in the beach,” (pg 276). At this moment in the story Ada sees someone on the beach and no one is allowed on it so she thinks he’s a spy. And that is why I alo think the book The War That Saved My Life does not make you hope a good part will come       Additionally the book is full of suspense and you always want to know what happened next. One thing the author put in the book is, “whoop-Whoop Whoop-Whoop Whoop-Whoop you would have thought the bombs were in our bedroom,” (pg 266). at this part of the story the bomb alarm is going off. concluding to that the author put in her story is “Under billows of black smoke across the road, we could see the orange flames and twisted pieces of metal,” (pg 114).  That is when an airplane crashes in the military base and people die.    All in all The War That Saved My Life is a must read full of suspense, emotion, and it's a page turner. I really think it makes you have more empathy but you can also take away for this book perseverance.

Heart touching book!

Here is my review on The War That Saved My Life. It is an excellent book, it has a lot of drama, which I really enjoy in a book. I also really like that it is based on something that really happened. The book is based on World War 2, the book is fictional but it seems like it is a nonfiction book. There are two big ideas/themes. The first one is World War 2 as I said before the book revolves around World War 2, as in children having to be evacuated, not having a lot of food, and a lot of things getting ruined. The second idea is about a girl who finds her true identity. The girl who finds her identity is named Ada, Ada is the main character and she is also my favorite character. Adas mom does not treat her well because she has a club foot. Ada has a younger brother named Jamie, Ada has to be the adult to Jamie since her mom is barely home. When the war started Ada and Jamie go to ms.Smith's house to stay there during the war, because she does not live in London. Those are just some of the things that happen in this amazing book. I would personally recommend this book to anyone, because it is such an amazing book. That is why I enjoyed the book The War That Saved My Life.

My daughter read this book in one day and she said it was great.

this book was so good! i can’t begin to describe. i read this book for my english homework thinking it was going to be a boring war book, but i was gladly wrong!i am still crying from the ending! 1000% recommended

Foi uma surpresa muita grata! Gostei demais da história e me emocionei várias vezes com a Ada... Livro de escrita fofa e história muito gostosa de ler.Sobre a leitura em inglês, acho difícil avaliar o nível necessário para um entendimento completo, mas diria que se você consegue assistir ao seriado Friends (ou algo equivalente) sem precisar de legenda, não terá dificuldades aqui.