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Book

The war that saved my life

Call Number

  • J BRAD (EAS, OSH)

Publication Information

New York, New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., [2015]

Physical Description

316 pages ; 22 cm

Summary

A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.

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