The War I Finally Won

By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley,

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A New York Times bestseller

Like the classic heroines of Sarah, Plain and Tall, Little Women, and Anne of Green Gables, Ada is a fighter for the ages. Her triumphant World War II journey continues in this sequel to the Newbery Honor-winning The War that Saved My Life

When Adaā€¦

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The title offers an important hint that the focus isnā€™t solely on exterior events. In this sequel to The War That Saved My Life, World War II still rages across the English countryside, though Adaā€™s actually emotionally safer than sheā€™d ever been when living with her mother. But memories of that time still give her terrible nightmares, and when a crisis makes her feel like theyā€™re coming true, she discovers that thereā€™s a big difference between fear and what you do with it. The horses, the lushly-depicted historical landscape, and a truly relatable and beautifully-wrought battle with the warsā€¦

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