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BIOGRAPHY
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KIMBERLY BRUBAKER BRADLEY

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (born June 24, 1967) is an American author of children's and young
adult books. In 2016, her children's book The War That Saved My Life received the Newbery Honor
Award and was named to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Best Books of the Year list
with a distinction of "Outstanding Merit" and won the Committee's Josette Frank Prize for Fiction

Kimberly attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and graduated with a degree in
chemistry [2] in 1989. [3] Bradley was always fascinated by chemistry, but when her sophomore
classmate convinced her to take an Introduction to Children's Literature course, she immediately
loved it. . Her instructor, Newbery medalist Patricia MacLachlan, encouraged Bradley to continue
writing and helped her learn more about writing for children. [2]
During college, she began writing by working as a freelance writer for equestrian magazines.
Bradley's knowledge of horses influenced some of his children's literature, such as the award-winning
The War That Saved My Life . After college, Bradley married her high school sweetheart, Bart
Bradley. While he attended medical school, she worked primarily as a research chemist, while
continuing to write as a part-time editor for equestrian magazines and creatively whenever she could.

Career
Her first novel, Ruthie's Gift , was published in 1998 and she has gone on to publish 17 books aimed
at children and young adults. He has won numerous awards for his stories, as well as many other
literary honors.
Ruthie's gift
Bradley's first novel is set in a small Indiana farming community at the beginning of World War I, and
follows the story of Ruthie, an 8-year-old tomboy who struggles to form a stronger sense of self and
selflessness during a particularly dramatic year in her life: the year her sixth brother is born, the year
she makes her first friends (twins), the year she almost dies of pneumonia, the year the war takes
one of her brothers from her . . [4]
Jefferson's Children: The Secret Children of a Founding Father
Bradley's 2011 book, Jefferson's Sons: A Founding Father's Secret Children, received 5-star book
reviews and numerous accolades. The story is told by three young women, two of whom were
children of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, one of his slaves. [3] Although Jefferson's children
receive special treatment from him, they remain his slaves and cannot mention who their father is to
anyone. Lighter-skinned children have the opportunity to convert to white society, but children who
look more like their mother do not. [5] As each child continues to grow, the distinction between
freedom and slavery becomes even more prominent.

The war that saved my life

Main article: The war that saved my life
Aimed at middle school readers, The War That Saved My Life follows 10-year-old Ada and her little
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brother Jamie as they find themselves in central London during World War II . When Jamie is sent
out of London to escape the bombings, Ada sneaks away with him to escape her cruel mother. Ada
had never left her one-bedroom apartment before because her mother was embarrassed by Ada's
clubfoot.[7] Ada, Jamie and Susan Smith, the country childminder, begin a new adventure together.
Ada then learns to ride a pony named Butter and finds a friend named Maggie, all while overcoming
her feelings of worthlessness. Ada gains the courage to fight her own battles and the love she so
desperately needs from 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 down to its human essence." [7]
The war I finally won (The war that saved my life #2 )
In this companion novel, Brubaker Bradley's story of Ada and Jamie continues in the English
countryside during World War II. They are now safe with Susan Smith and Jamie is adjusting well to
safety, but Ada is having problems. Throughout this story, Ada grows closer to the Thorntons as the
war continues and circumstances change.