Our April 2016 book club selection
was written by a Bristol, TN native and is a
2016 ​Newbery Honor book. . .

The War that Saved My Life​

From the Publisher:  "Nine-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 of 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?"

Awards

• A Newbery Honor Book
• Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award (Middle School)
• Wall Street Journal Best Children's Books of 2015
• New York Public Library's 100 Books for Reading and Sharing
• ​​Etc.

Other Books

• Jefferson's Sons:  A Founding Father's Secret Children
• The Lacemaker and the Princess
• For Freedom:  The Story of a French Spy
• Ruthie's Gift
• Leap of Faith
• Weaver's Daughter
• Halfway to the Sky
• ​And others!​

To learn more about the author, visit her official web page and watch the YouTube video linked below.

OUR NEXT MEETING IS TUESDAY, APRIL 26!!