![]() ![]() When Lady Thorton moves in with them because her home is commandeered for the war effort, Ada feels the safety and comfort she has begun to get used to feel threatened. As the war comes closer to British shores, Ada and Jamie’s lives alter significantly, and many changes uproot their lives. Though she has had her foot fixed, and she now knows she is not what her mother said she was, she must find a way to discover who she is. ![]() ![]() Living as an evacuee with her brother, Jamie, and their guardian, Susan, Ada’s journey is not yet complete. ![]() The War I Finally Won is the marvellous conclusion to Ada’s powerful, uplifting story.Īda’s life has changed since she ran away from home, where her mother kept her locked up and punished her for being born with a club-foot. Ada must decide-where do her loyalties lie? Then Ruth, a Jewish girl from Germany, moves in. But who is she, she wonders?Īda and her brother, Jamie, are living with their guardian, Susan, in a cottage in the English countryside, on the estate of the formidable Lady Thorton and her daughter, Maggie, Ada’s dearest friend. When Ada’s clubfoot is surgically fixed at last, she knows for certain that she’s not what her mother said she was-crippled in her mind as well as in her body. Synopsis: Like the classic heroines of literature, Ada wins our hearts as she continues her World War II adventures after the Newbery Honor–winning The War that Saved My Life. ![]()
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