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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

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in Fort Wayne, Indiana, The United States

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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's next book, The Night War, will be published April 9, 2024. She is the author of nineteen previous books, including the Newbery Honor winners Fighting Words and The War that Saved My Life. The sequel to the latter, The War I Finally Won, appeared on many state-award and best-books lists and was described as “stunning” by The Washington Post and “honest” and “daring” by The New York Times. She is also the acclaimed author of She Persisted: Rosalind Franklin. Kimberly and her husband have two grown children and live with their dogs, two highly opinionated mares, and a surplus of cats on a fifty-two-acre farm in Bristol, Tennessee. Visit her at kimberlybrubakerbradley.com. ...more

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	The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1) 4.49 avg rating — 115,084 ratings — published 2015 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2) 4.48 avg rating — 47,061 ratings — published 2017 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fighting Words 4.63 avg rating — 13,850 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jefferson's Sons 4.11 avg rating — 9,006 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night War 4.03 avg rating — 3,378 ratings — published 2024 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lacemaker and the Princess 3.77 avg rating — 2,369 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy 4.14 avg rating — 2,108 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Halfway to the Sky 4.13 avg rating — 825 ratings — published 2002 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leap of Faith 3.87 avg rating — 661 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ruthie's Gift 3.98 avg rating — 378 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It had been awful, but I hadn't quit. I had persisted. In battle I had won.”
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“I don't know what to say," she said, after a pause. "I don't want to tell you a lie, and I don't know the truth."
It was maybe the most honest thing anyone had ever said to me.”
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“I wanted to say a lot of things, but, as usual, I didn't have the words for the thoughts inside my head.”
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What book should we read in March?

You may write in titles, provided the book is a 2016 Newbery contender and already published.

Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper

32 votes 38.6%

The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

20 votes 24.1%

The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart

15 votes 18.1%

The Way to Stay in Destiny by Augusta Scattergood

7 votes 8.4%

The War That Saved My Life (write-in)

3 votes 3.6%

The war that saved my life (write-in)

2 votes 2.4%

The only one of these titles that I have actually read is Stella by Starlight and it is excellent. I have ordered The War That Saved My Life, should be here Tuesday! Am going to look at these other two titles right now! (write-in)

1 vote 1.2%

"Monstrous" by MarcyKate Connolly (write-in)

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the war that saved my life

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