The war that saved my life /
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.
- 316 pages ; 22 cm.
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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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Newbery Medal/Honor, 2016. Schneider Family Book Award, 2016.
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Great Britain--History--George VI, 1936-1952--Fiction.