Historical FictionMiddle Grade
The War I Finally Won
2017·416 pages
Ada heals from surgery and past trauma while building a new family amid WWII hardship, loss, and questions of identity.
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Ada heals from surgery and past trauma while building a new family amid WWII hardship, loss, and questions of identity.
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When Ada's clubfoot is surgically fixed at last, she knows for certain that she's not what her mother said she was--damaged, deranged, crippled mentally as well as physically. She's not a daughter anymore, either. What is she? World War II continues, and Ada and her brother, Jamie, are living with their loving legal guardian, Susan, in a borrowed cottage on the estate of the formidable Lady Thorton--along with Lady Thorton herself and her daughter, Maggie. Life in the crowded cottage is tense en...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content present
Violence & gore
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Wartime bombings, deaths, and peril without graphic detail
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Religious content
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Mild themes of faith tied to identity and belonging
Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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WWII prejudice against a German Jewish refugee; wartime morality
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Past child abuse and neglect referenced; wartime grief and loss
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