Giving my opinion - Eliana

The war that saved my life Written by: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Ada had been stuck up in a small apartment all her life because her mum was ashamed of her own daughter's foot. Suddenly her whole life completely changes. A war began to come to Ada's town. It kept getting worse and worse that one day every child was told they have to evacuate the town. Ada's mum told told her that she couldn't leave with with her brother because she was too embarrassed with Ada's foot. On the day that the children evacuated Ada told her brother Jamie how she was going to evacuate with him. Next thing they knew was that they are going to be living with someone else until the war was over which isn't certain that is going to be any time soon. Ada is now a whole other person, with a whole other life. I didn't exactly choose this book, a friend of mine recommended it to me. I don't think I would of picked it out for myself if I saw it on a book shelf, but I am happy that it got pointed out to me. Quote: "I wanted to say a lot, but, as usual I didn't have the words for the thoughts inside my head." - I thought this was a really good quote because it shows that not many people have such a good education as us and how much some people struggle. Quote: Then I did what I should have done at the start. I thought myself to walk. - This quote is kind of sad because Ada is realising she could of done simple things and her foot wouldn't be as bad. Discussion of ideas: Not everyone gets as much love and education as others. Also that a lot of us don't have things that affect your whole life like for example, Ada has club foot that that she is going to be stuck with all her life. In the book it also talks about war which is something that has happened. Links to the text: I think that this text links to the war, It also tells us about how much people struggled in the war. Eliana Peart