The War that Saved My Life Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
SCORE
5
TOTAL RATINGS
690

The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Book Summary

* Newbery Honor Book
* #1 New York Times Bestseller
* Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award 
* Wall Street Journal Best Children's Books of the Year
* New York Public Library's 100 Books for Reading and Sharing 

An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War II, from the acclaimed author of Fighting Words, and for fans of Fish in a Tree and Number the Stars.
 
Ten-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada’s twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn’t waste a minute—she sneaks out to join him.
 
So begins a new adventure for Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan—and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother fall back into the cruel hands of their mother?
 
This masterful work of historical fiction is equal parts adventure and a moving tale of family and identity—a classic in the making.

"Achingly lovely...Nuanced and emotionally acute."—The Wall Street Journal
"Unforgettable...unflinching."—Common Sense Media 
★ “Brisk and honest...Cause for celebration.” —Kirkus, starred review
★ "Poignant."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ "Powerful."—The Horn Book, starred review
"Affecting."—Booklist
"Emotionally satisfying...[A] page-turner."—BCCB
“Exquisitely written...Heart-lifting.” —SLJ
"Astounding...This book is remarkable."—Karen Cushman, author The Midwife's Apprentice
"Beautifully told."—Patricia MacLachlan, author of Sarah, Plain and Tall
"I read this novel in two big gulps."—Gary D. Schmidt, author of Okay for Now
"I love Ada's bold heart...Her story's riveting."—Sheila Turnage, author of Three Times Lucky

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Book Name The War that Saved My Life
Genre Historical Fiction for Kids
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Language English
E-Book Size 2.36 MB

The War that Saved My Life (Kimberly Brubaker Bradley) Book Reviews 2024

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I Have No Words. This is truly a beautiful, heartbreaking, joyful, and emotional novel. Sad, happy, and so many more emotions passed through me as I read this book and I even cried in the ending. Addicting as it is, I would recommend this to anyone and everyone I know. The characters are so true as they come to life, word by word, page by page. I really do LOVE this novel.

Amazing Story. This book really made my heart feel a mix of emotions which was exciting. The fact that that this book has so much inspiration is incredible. I hope many of you folks read this book. And I will probably read this book again!

HIGHLY RECOMMEND! I LOVE THIS BOOK. This book was just…. A successful book, I got this book at the school library and I read the first couple pages and I HAD TO keep reading!

Love It!!!. Could not stop reading. Finished in a day.

Wow. The entire book was keeping me on the edge of my seat the whole time! I recommend this to all middle grade kids everywhere.

Love this!. So I read this for school, and loved it. The author is insanely talented and deserves all the credit here. Sadly, I have to talk about the book instead of her awesome talents. I loved it. When you finish you’ll say: “Best book ever!” I couldn’t stop reading it! But please make a 3rd book.

.. Absolutely Amazing.

Lovely book. This book will make you cry, smile, and will make you feel like you are Ada. The author does a fantastic job glueing you into this book, and you just can’t stop reading it. Love it, and you will too.

This book is amazing. I’m not much of a reader but this book is just amazing. I love the story it tells. It doesn’t matter what you look like on the outside, it’s the inside that counts. Hands down the best book I have ever read. I can’t wait to read the second one!!

My favourite book ever. A few years ago, I started to read this book, and was unable to finish it. I believe I left myself at chapter 16. I later began to read this book again and found that it has more meaning and depth to it than when I first read the book. The book tells a story about a little girl who was abused by her mother. While her younger brother was loved. When a war came along and she left with other evacuees, she became a whole new person. And learns what it means to be loved. It tells an important perspective, and it left me in tears of joy in the end.

Best book ever. I have read this book 7 times and I love it so much!! Kimberly strikes again with an amazing book! The sequel is SO good. BEST.BOOK.EVER

Love it. Love the book

Wonderful. This such a wonderful heartwarming story! It made me feel so good I didn’t want it to end.

This book is amazing. This is amazing and wonderful and so encouraging It is so inspiring and amazing and Ada is so courageous and Jamie is the sweetest and kindest kid ever they’re journey is amazing and encouraging. This is my favorite book ever

Super good. This book warmed my heart. Ada was so mistreated by her mom. She deserved to go to stay with Mrs. Smith.

Read this for great review by 30 year old. Pew pew this book was cool as a cat on a tree but i hate books

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. This book is the best! I can read it 1,000,000 times without getting bored!😁

Amazing. This book is probably the best ive ever read

My first book like this big. This book is a really sad about this little girl and she’s a really strong girl. She tries to walk and be like a normal. I’ve enjoyed with this book. So I think you guys should read it if you haven’t.

I’m only 10 years old and this is the best book I halve ever read in my life so good. Totally tubular

One of the best books ever. ❤️

The war that saved my life. It was full of surprises and it was written quite well. I’m 9 years old and read it with my mom. I’m going to read the sequel.

I loved these books!. I read both of the books in this series and LOVED them. They were amazing, so well written and heartfelt. My mother read them along with me, and agreed with me 100%

Cried like baby towards ending. This was a book assigned to my class as an assignment, but oh my god! It was amazing! What a book!!! It was hard to put down, you have to finish it, start to finish. My eyes are so swollen writing this because this book is so heart-wrenching. Must-read! Great book to read together with your kids (maybe a in the double digits bc it gets a little crazy).

The war that saved my life. I loved this book!

Really good book. I read this all the time I never get bored of reading this book At the end it makes me sad because their mam didn’t want them and Susan home was bombed but this book was really good

❤️. Loved it! I only checked it out of the library because I didn't have anything else to read, and I thought it would be boring. I was so wrong! Some parts made me cry, some made me laugh, and some just made me stop reading and stare at the wall bc it was so amazing. Highly recommend it!!

OMG SO GOOD. I read this book in two days! I could not put it down. I am so excited to read the next book.

Amazing. I am ten years old and when I went to the library for a book for my book report at first sight I knew that this was the book

Absolutely extraordinary. I almost cried a couple times reading this book This book has such a powerful Girl in this book It amazing and unorthodox I will say but this book is absolutely worth your time. It will Make your soul jump with excitement. Yes it can be depressing at time but Ada just walks on. She is a very powerful little 9 year old. This book is Astonishing. ~xXlonely SpAce BeArXx

So appropriate for all of the main characters...Susan, Ada, Jamie and others.. So many thoughts...”That war brought people to an awareness of so many social injustices, treatment of the handicapped, children, girls, education, class distinction and the author was able to weave them all into a story that pricks the conscience and makes us want to right the wrongs and be the best people we can be...

Love it more than any other book (mostly). I’ll never forget the story of Ada. I love it so much, and I love the second book the same amount. Her backstory is sad, but her ending is happy.

I got this book when i was 9, it still never gets old 6 years later.. Heartwarming book, loved it. When i got it I finished it within 3 hours, that was when i was nine, it takes about 2 now, im fifteen and it doesn’t get old, becer. Its is just soo good. Truly. Every time someone asks what is my favorite book, this one flies out of my head, i don’t know why. But is it truly a wonderful book, i got this book probably when i was around nine, i loved the book, i read it over and over, it never gets old. When i was younger i didn’t have access to the internet so i didn’t know if there was a sequel, only today i looked on this app and found out that there was. I cant wait to finally read the sequel six years later!!! 😁. It has a lot of good lessons in it, and it is quite humbling.

Indescribable. This book was so good it’s unbelievable, indescribable so inspiring but so sad. Almost made me cry(and I never cry at these type of things) and I really connected with this book because she has issues with her foot and so do I. I had to get surgery on my foot and it has been a painful experience(and I’m only half way through it!) And when I read this it was before the surgery so I could feel the same pain that she was feeling in her foot. It’s just simply amazing I can’t even describe it. It’s just simply indescribable.

I loved this book!. This book is so amazing! The emotion that she puts into her books is just fantastic! I loved this book and I’m reading the sequel that I definitely recommend reading!

Great book. Probably my favorite book I’ve read that wasn’t entirely my choice. (It was assigned for a school thing.)

The War That Saved My Life. This book was absolutely fantastic. It was a perfect read and I loved it very much!!!!!!!!

The war that saved my life. When your mom doesn't like you because you have a club foot, would you go with your brother to escape war or would you stay with your harsh mom? Find out what this young girl did when you read this book.

Ok-ish. It was boring for like the first 3/4 of it

🔥 All Life 🔥. Having a clubfoot and a mean mom who won’t let you leave the house when a nice person does all different things. Well this book is life. Parents are mean and children get injured. Some parents are nice and teach you responsibility and respect. Ada Smith is 11 years old and lives with her brother Jamie and mean mam. Ada’s mom calls her a cripple, and the words “Nobbut a monster, with that ugly foot.”’those words mam said push Ada and her perseverance. Ada does try walking on her own but she gets blood all over the place. Later she gets carried to the train by Stephen White, Billy’s brother. Ada and Jamie are placed a lady named Susan Smith, who teaches them manners, buys clothes, and teaches Ada to ride Butter, the horse of Becky. I love this book and you will too! (🔥 IT IS LIFE 🔥 )

The War That Saved My Life. This book is just plain AMAZING and I am only 10 years old. I read this book in about a day and could not stop reading till I finished it was that good. I can’t wait to read the next book. I LOVE YOU KIMBERLY BRUBAKER BRADLEY♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

This is a lovely book!. I think this is a great and wonderful book! I would 100% recommend this book adults or even kids! I have read this book more then 2 times and every time I read this book I just love it more and more!

Good towards the end. This book was just okay. In the beginning it was pretty bad. Later on the bad turned into a plain meh. But at the end, at around page 180 it became amazing. A little side note , I would not recommend reading on your on time. I had to read this book for summer homework so it was not my choice. But overall it’s an okay book. It will leave you with an awesome felling at he end , guaranteed.

It seems pretty good. I suggest this 100%

BEST OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!. This is my favorite book ever if u have never read it your missing out on one of the best books ever!!!!!😆😆😆😆😆

This is the best book ever!. I am a kid and read this book within two weeks and when I started reading I could not stop!

The war that saved my life. It is the best book I loved it so much.It made me cry, happy etc and now that there is an other book I’m totally buying that and I did buy this one so y’all should too! 😁👍

Love it. Not actually done but amazing so far! Let’s you learn about the history of WWI while keeping you interested! 5 stars🤩🤩🤩

Heart breaking. Amazing book very emotional and lovable. I would totally recommend this book. I read it so fast and enjoyed the whole thing. I’m going to read next one. 😂😂😂😀😀 Hope you enjoy the book like I did. Ada will take you to where you never dared to dream.

Amazing. I was in LOVE with this book and I almost jumped to heaven when I herd there was a second book it is sad a little it’s happy and it’s heart stopping.

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Summary of The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

The The War that Saved My Life book written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley was published on 08 January 2015, Thursday in the Historical Fiction for Kids category. A total of 690 readers of the book gave the book 5 points out of 5.

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