★ "Bradley sweeps us upin the story she’s telling and at the same time raises hard questions and makes us think-even as she moves us to tears." - The Horn Book, starred review While it stands alone, encourage readers to read both books to fully appreciate Ada’s remarkable and wholly believable triumph." - School Library Journal, starred review ★ "Fans of the first book will love the sequel even more truly a first purchase.
"It’s rare when a sequel is just as beautifully written and just as touching (maybe even more so) than the first book. Bradley writes the story in such a way that the reader is by turns both touched and then, pages later, heartbroken.
★ "Thoughtful, brave, true, and wise beyond her years, Ada is for the ages-as is this book. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Who will Ada decide to be? How can she keep fighting? And who will she struggle to save? Ada’s A German? Could Ruth be a spy? As the fallout from war intensifies, calamity creeps closer, and life during wartime grows even more complicated. Who is she now? 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. Her triumphant 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. 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.
0 kommentar(er)
