![]() ![]() So begins a new adventure for Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. 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. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. Ten-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. ![]() * New York Public Library's 100 Books for Reading and SharingĪn 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. * Wall Street Journal Best Children's Books of the Year * Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award ![]() About the Book A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother. ![]()
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