# The War That Saved My Life

**Author:** Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
**Lexile:** 580L
**Grade range:** Grades 4–7
**Age range:** 9–12
**First published:** 2015
**Page count:** 316
**Genre:** Historical Fiction (Middle Grade)
**ISBN-13:** `9780147510488`
**ISBN-10:** `0147510481`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-war-that-saved-my-life
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Ten-year-old Ada, born with a clubfoot and kept hidden by an abusive mother, escapes 1940 London with her younger brother when children are evacuated to the countryside ahead of the Blitz. Taken in by the reluctant Susan Smith, Ada learns to read, ride a pony, and trust — even as the war closes in. A Newbery Honor book, it is widely assigned in grades 4-7 for its WWII home-front setting and its portrait of resilience and disability.

## Themes

- war
- resilience
- disability
- family
- freedom

## Content notes

- child abuse
- war

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