The All-Highest have spoken⦠each General and Field-marshal has published his Memoirs telling how he won the Second World War in spite of all the other Generals and Field-marshals. Brass-hats the world over, compelled by vanity, guilt or a fast buck, have written their volumes of self-justification.
The War I Finally Won
β Scribed by Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker
- Book ID
- 109973869
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 726 KB
- Series
- The War that Saved My Life 2
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780698197138
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Like the classic heroines of Sarah, Plain and Tall and Little Women , Ada conquers the homefront as her World War II journey continues in this sequel to the Newbery Honor-winning The War that Saved My Life
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's 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...
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