This second masterwork of historical fiction continues Ada's journey of family, faith, and identity, showing us that real freedom is not just the ability to choose, but the courage to make the right choice. Who will Ada decide to be? How can she keep fighting? And who will she struggle to save?Īda’s first story, The War that Saved My Life, was a #1 New York Times bestseller and won a Newbery Honor, the Schneider Family Book Award, and the Josette Frank Award, in addition to appearing on multiple best-of-the-year lists. A German? Could Ruth be a spy?Īs the fallout from war intensifies, calamity creeps closer, and life during wartime grows even more complicated. World War II rages on, and Ada and her brother, Jamie, move with their guardian, Susan, into a cottage with the iron-faced Lady Thorton and her daughter, Maggie. 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.
Her triumphant World War II journey continues in this sequel to the Newbery Honor–winning The War that Saved My Life
Like the classic heroines of Sarah, Plain and Tall, Little Women, and Anne of Green Gables, Ada is a fighter for the ages.
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