*2016NewberyHonorbook
*Winnerofthe2016SchneiderFamilyBookAward
This#1NewYorkTimesbestsellerisanexceptionallymovingstoryoftriumphagainstalloddssetduringWorldWarII.ForfansofCountingby7sandSarah,PlainandTall.
Ten-year-oldAdahasneverleftherone-roomapartment.HermotheristoohumiliatedbyAda’stwistedfoottoletheroutside.SowhenherlittlebrotherJamieisshippedoutofLondontoescapethewar,Adadoesn’twasteaminute--shesneaksouttojoinhim.
SobeginsanewadventureforAda,andforSusanSmith,thewomanwhoisforcedtotakethetwokidsin.AsAdateachesherselftorideapony,learnstoread,andwatchesforGermanspies,shebeginstotrustSusan--andSusanbeginstoloveAdaandJamie.Butintheend,willtheirbondbeenoughtoholdthemtogetherthroughwartime?OrwillAdaandherbrotherfallbackintothecruelhandsoftheirmother?
