It seems like Ada and Jamie don’t really know who they really are or anything about their family. They both had to go with Mrs. Smith to get I.D cards so the guards could tell if they were German or English. When they went up to the desk the man asked how old Jamie and Ada were and they didn’t know. Then he asked for their last names and they didn’t know that either. So Mrs. Smith told the man to put the dates that she suggested. She told the man to put Jamie on February 15 and for Ada April 5, 1929. Jamie was very happy that he now had a birthday because at school the kids would make fun of him. I would also feel happy as well because I wouldn’t feel that clueless about myself. Jamie was also happy because he could get presents and he’s never gotten those before. Ada and Jamie didn’t know their D.O.B because their mother didn’t really tell them anything about themselves or their family because she was really mean to them. I think Jamie and Ada are a little happy now that they have a birthday to celebrate and someone to celebrate it with.

I think Ada and Jamie (her brother) should start to get along with Mrs. Smith because she’s doing a lot for them. She is buying clothes for them, food, and making Jamie go to school while she teaches Ada manners at the house. Ada and Jamie don’t like Mrs. Smith but I think if they get to know her they will actually like her. One day Jamie came home from school and had blood on his wrist. Mrs. Smith asked him what happened but he refused to say. The next day Ada and Mrs. Smith visited him at school and his left hand was tied to his chair. Mrs. Smith came in and asked why his left hand was tied to his chair and his teacher said “its the mark of the devil”. Mrs. Smith said “theirs nothing in the Bible against people using their left hand”. Also that “Jamie will use whichever hand he prefers or I shall take action for the wounds he’s received.” Then she hugged Jamie and he cried on her shoulder hugging tightly as well. I feel like Jamie is finally started to like Mrs. Smith because he now knows she really cares about them.

I love the way that even though Ada’s foot is injured she still tries to do things that seem impossible for someone with a club foot. She taught herself how to ride a horse and she tries to walk without her crutches, but she struggles a lot because of the pain. Ada also takes care of her brother by feeding him and clothing him. She’s always taken care of him because their mother wasn’t a caring person. Ada’ mother loved her brother more but she still wouldn’t take care of him. I also love the way that Ada is correcting her grammar every time she speaks, because before she didn’t know how to say things correctly.  Ada is becoming a very bright and intelligent person and I hope that by the end of this book she learns how to walk.

If I were Ada at this point, I would be a little more confident in myself. Ada is a very shy, caring, and protecting person. With the help of Mrs. Smith the woman taking care of Ada and her brother, sent Ada to a doctor and got crutches. I think if I were her I would be more confident in myself and have faith that I will walk one day. She is getting strength in herself and for her foot to heal faster. If I were Ada I would believe in myself more because she doesn’t have her mother putting her down anymore. Telling her no one would want her and that she’s an embarrassment. I would be sad and hurt if my mother did that to me but I would be grateful that my brother loves me and I would be brave for myself. I am thankful that my family loves me for who I am and who I am to be.

Welcome back to my blog! So far my book is about this girl named Ada. She is treated unfairly by her mother because she is a cripple. Her mother would make her do all the chores in the house such as cleaning the rooms, washing clothes, doing the dishes, etc. This was very hard for Ada because she can’t walk with her left foot. If she disobeyed her mother she would have to stay in a cabinet under the sink for a couple hours or the whole night; depending on what Ada did that made her mother angry. Ada wasn’t allowed to go outside or eat unless she was told to. During that summer Ada was trying to teach herself how to walk so that her mother wouldn’t feel she was an embarrassment to the family. Ada would get bruises from falling down on the floor and foot aches because she wasn’t used to standing on her bad foot. After long days of struggling to walk, Ada was getting better and better.

Hi, my name is Arissa, welcome to my blog. The book I’m reading is called “The War that Saved My Life”.  The author is Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. I chose this book because it seemed interesting how a war can save a persons life and I wanted to see how that persons life was in the story. I hope that this book has a positive and a great ending.

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