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316 pages.

Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room flat. Her mother is too humiliated by her daughter's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is evacuated from London during World War II, Ada sneaks out to join him. As she teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read and watches out for German spies, Ada begins to trust Susan - the woman who has been forced to house the children. And Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But will their bond be enough to keep them out of the cruel hands of their mother?
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