Kimberly brubaker bradley biography of abraham
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THE GREAT, Ibrahim LINCOLN
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Abraham President was innate on Twelfth February 1809 In Earth in a place alarmed Hardin County,
Kentucky. His Father's name was Thomas Attorney and his Mothers name was City Lincoln. His
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The War I Finally Won
Written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Review by Kristen Hannum
The War I Finally Won reads like a childhood classic. I suspect it’s destined to become just that for today’s young readers (9- to 12-year-olds) who will fondly remember it when they’re adults.
It’s the second book in the story of Ada and Jamie Smith, evacuees from London during World War II, and their relationship with their guardian, Susan Smith, and the iron-willed Lady Thorton as well as others in their new lives in the country, away from their mother and London. The mother had been abusive, especially to Ada, the older of the two children, who had been born with a clubfoot—intolerable to the mother. One of the joys of the book is watching Ada and Jamie discover love and a world of learning, respect and complexity that they’d been denied in their impoverished former existence. Meanwhile, the war grinds on, threatening everyone.
I often think I’ll read another book by an author who pleases me. With all the books in the world, though, I often don’t follow through. After finishing this book, however, I had my hands on its predecessor, The War That Saved My Life, within hours. It was deservedly named a Newbery Honor Book, won the Schneider Family Book Award (Middle School), a
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