The War That Saved My Life
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
★ Top 25 book of 2015 · #21 on Best Books of 2015
Ada, a girl kept shut inside because of her twisted foot, slips away to follow her brother as children are evacuated from London. With a reluctant guardian, she learns to read and ride, and starts to trust again.
Best for: Young readers who like wartime stories about family, courage and growing trust
The War That Saved My Life is #21 on BookWard's Best Books of 2015, out of 56 2015 books that cleared our data bar.
What The War That Saved My Life is about
Ada has a clubfoot and has never been outside her family's one-room apartment in London. Her mother is ashamed of the foot, keeps her hidden and punishes her cruelly. When children are evacuated from the city in 1939, Ada slips away to join her little brother Jamie, and the two are sent to Kent, where Susan Smith is forced to take them in. Ada learns to ride a pony, teaches herself to read and keeps watch for German spies, while Susan slowly lets go of her reluctance to care for children. The question running underneath is whether the bond they build can last. A moving, hopeful and sometimes gritty Newbery Honor novel for middle-grade readers and up.
The War That Saved My Life on the Best Books of 2015
The War That Saved My Life came out in 2015. Of the 56 books first published in 2015 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #21 on our Best Books of 2015 list.
Why it made the list: 291 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.6 out of 5 (24 ratings); 20 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2015 list
- Cantik Itu Luka Eka Kurniawan, #19
- Every Last Word Tamara Ireland Stone, #20
- Escaping Peril Tui T. Sutherland, #22
- Grey E. L. James, #23
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 233 want to read it, 20 are reading it now and 38 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.6 out of 5 from 24 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 48 | 55% |
| Reader love | 95 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 66 | 20% |
Questions about The War That Saved My Life
When was The War That Saved My Life published?
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley was first published in 2015.
Was The War That Saved My Life one of the best books of 2015?
The War That Saved My Life is #21 on BookWard's Best Books of 2015, out of 56 2015 books that cleared our data bar. 291 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.6 out of 5 (24 ratings); 20 are reading it right now.
Why is The War That Saved My Life on the Best Books of 2015 list?
291 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.6 out of 5 (24 ratings); 20 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2015
- Six of Crows Leigh Bardugo, #1
- The Hired Girl Laura Amy Schlitz, #2
- Queen of Shadows Sarah J. Maas, #3
- November 9 Colleen Hoover, #4
- The Sword of Summer Rick Riordan, #5
- Red Queen Victoria Aveyard, #6
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How we know
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