Image result for the war that saved my lifeWhen I think of this title, my first thoughts were, how could a war save someone’s life? It seems just so unpredictable! But little did I know that this story has so much more than meets the eye.

At first, the first chapter was really sorrowful and painful for the girl named Ada, with her mother torturing her at home. All because of that one clubfoot. Her mother feels like Ada is a disgrace to her and Ada’s dear brother, Jamie. When they get news that there will be bombs going off, Ada’s mother is informed to send her children away. But she refuses to send the horrible ‘disgrace’, Ada. Ada, however, has her own plans. She sneaks on board with Jamie, and they both go to foster homes, with a seemingly stony woman named Susan Smith. Though Susan seems ignorant at first, Ada starts to like her more and more every day, especially with the pony, Butter, in the backyard, and Susan’s offer to ‘fix’ her clubfoot. Ada is very excited to stay with Susan…until, her mother comes back unexpectedly.

This book has helped me understand not just war planes and ships, but the hardship of life in the war, and how hard it can be to suffer from a clubfoot. While reading this spectacular story, I couldn’t help but put myself in someone else’s shoes, or in other words, in Ada’s shoes.

I feel that this book has had the most emotion, and it reached a great climax of anger, both sad and plain angry, while it had also a lot of joy and happiness in between the lines. While reading, I learned that everyone needs to be like Ada, courageous and all.