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Ada, Jamie, and Susan Smith, the children's caretaker in the country, all begin a new adventure together. Ada then learns how to ride a pony named Butter, and finds a friend named Maggie, while also overcoming her feelings of worthlessness. Ada gains the courage needed to fight her own battles and
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Bradley's story of Ada and Jamie continues in the English countryside during WWII. They are now safe with Susan Smith and Jamie is adjusting to safety well, but Ada struggles. Throughout this story, Ada becomes close with the Thorntons in this story as the war
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and received a degree in chemistry in 1989. Bradley was always fascinated with chemistry, but when her sophomore roommate convinced her to take an
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sister Suki who was the victim of years of sexual abuse struggle to overcome the trauma. This is an endearing story that handles a difficult topic delicately making it accessible to younger audience than other books with similar themes.
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the much-needed love of a mother figure. Overall, this story has been described as, “the rare novel that can take something as massive as a world war and distill it to its human essence.”
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