Maybe. Hardcover. The second day my good foot and leg hurt too. A quick gasp, a swinging of the bad foot, and then—crash. “Why shouldn’t he?” Mam said. They’d never seen me other than through my window. She said Ada was going to get bombed.”, Stephen nodded. I understood. The "Common Knowledge" section now includes a "Series" field. In Ada's case, the fight for survival is as much a mental fight as a physical one due to the emotional and physical abuse that she endured from her mother. I took a deep swallow, and felt the hot liquid scald a trail clear down to my gut. Out you go.”. “You idiot! I imagined helping with the shopping. After that it was easy. I loved the story of Ada so much. And your mam says as how you’ve got to be kept locked up, for your own good.” For the first time, he looked at my feet. Stealin’ sweets is one thing! Bursts of green on top. When London fears Hitler will start bombing it, all the children are sent to the countryside and Ada sees the outside world for the first time. Most of the children weren’t glad to be leaving like I was. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Please try again. “What they say is that the city’s going to be bombed, so all the kids ought to be sent to the country, out of harm’s way. If the only thing I’d had to do was stand upright, I would have been fine. What could I do? “There’s a handle, like, and you push it down.”. I’d never hit him, not once. An odd expression passed over his face, one I didn’t understand at all. I felt like a monster. In battle I had won.’ “Teaching your brother to steal for you? It was late August already. Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2018, Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2020. My right foot was small and twisted, so that the bottom pointed skyward, all the toes in the air, and what should have been the top touched the ground. He had a red mark on his wrist from where I’d pulled the string too tight. They were going to hit it. Visit her at kimberlybrubakerbradley.com. Not right in the head. No one would have us. I didn’t protest staying in one room so long as it held both Jamie and me. “Oh, no,” I said, forcing myself to keep moving. This story I’m telling starts out four years ago, at the beginning of the summer of 1939. Still his tears flowed. Please try your request again later. “You’d better be making my tea,” Mam said. The skin on the bottom of my bad foot ripped. Billy White was Stephen White’s little brother, and Jamie’s best friend. Then Mam usually went out, to shop or talk to women in the lane; sometimes she took Jamie with her, but mostly not. There was a problem loading your book clubs. I even learned a new word, chivvying! See if Stephen White would like your dinner. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. I looked him over with newly critical eyes. The War That Saved My Life is a moving (and sometimes emotionally challenging) story about Ada and her brother's fight to survive World War II while coping with Ada's uncorrected club foot. And round things that were orange and shiny, and some that were green—”. The War I Finally Won. Maybe Mam would smile at me. “Out, all of you,” she said to us. But I was far faster on my hands and knees, and our flat was so small that I didn’t bother to stand straight very often. “He said you’d take good care of us.”, The woman nodded. As the summer days grew longer he stayed out later and later, until he came home hours after Mam left. Originally brought out on 3rd of October in 2017, this was the second in the ongoing ‘The War That Saved My Life’ series. Maybe she’d say, “Aren’t you clever, then?”, In my mind I went further. “Let that be a lesson to you,” she said. The War That Saved My Life Book Series (2 Books) All Formats Kindle Edition From Book 1. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! I wrapped a rag around my bad foot. Ada has never seen the world beyond the dirty London street that she sees outside of her window. He’d seen St. Mary’s, the church by whose bells I marked time. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. The teachers said we had to be let out, for the love of mercy, but the woman, who had a face like iron and a uniform like a soldier’s, only with a skirt, thumped her clipboard and refused. I begged and pleaded with Mam. His shirt had faded into an indeterminate color and his fingernails were rimmed in black. Latest Book in the Series. It was better than fireworks. I could stand, of course. The butcher walloped him, right on the street, and then marched him home to Mam and told her off. The iron-faced woman opened her mouth to argue, then shut it without saying a word. Ada’s first story, The War that Saved My Life, was a #1 New York Times bestseller and won a Newbery Honor, the Schneider Family Book Award, and the Josette Frank Award, in addition to appearing on multiple best-of-the-year lists. I held on to Jamie, and I kept moving forward. “Maybe not,” another woman said. They jumped it. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Please try again. I’d become a fighter, that summer. The teachers herded us down the street into a big building and lined us up against one wall. $12.99. The War That Saved My Life received critical acclaim. I saw a stone wall ahead of them. Mary’s. You’re not a dirty beggar.” We had baths sometimes, when Mam got to disliking the way we smelled. He didn’t scream or shout. I stared into this one, appalled. If I looked up at the tops of the buildings I felt dizzy. “Doesn’t matter,” I said. He thrashed once, and then he lay helpless, looking at me. I lay on the floor. Limp, nothing, I was staggering, lucky to have Jamie to catch me. Her legs thumped the pony’s sides, and the pony surged forward, faster, brown legs flying, eyes bright. I took a deep breath and staggered out. Free US shipping on orders over $10. “How come she keeps you locked up, if you’re not simple?”. Everything. She turned her slow smile toward Jamie. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. I throughly enjoyed every page. Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Awards)), Jefferson's Sons: A Founding Father's Secret Children, Gr 4–6—Bradley turns her keen historical eye from Monticello (Jefferson's Sons, Penguin, 2011) to the British home front during World War II. The iron-faced woman cajoled the remaining villagers. Fewer and fewer children remained. In Ada's case, the fight for survival is as much a mental fight as a physical one due to the emotional and physical abuse that she endured from her mother. [4] School Library Journal talks about the emotional connection readers will have "Readers will ache for her as she misreads cues and pushes Susan away, even though she yearns to be enfolded in a hug. “I see that look in your eyes, my girl,” she said. “See?” He pointed at two doors. There was no end to the things I didn’t know. $8.99. A cat streaked around a corner, chasing something, probably a rat. Large Print. I could have crawled, or scooted on my bottom. I patted Jamie’s head, and kissed the top of it, and sang him a song, and did all I could to make him smile. In all my life I’d never hurt Jamie. We really loved this well-written book. "—Patricia MacLachlan, author of Sarah, Plain and Tall"I read this novel in two big gulps. Green everywhere. A blue-haired old woman put her hand on Jamie’s arm. “Ada,” Jamie whispered, “nobody wants you and me.”. There were sinks, and I splashed water onto my hot face. When the two fail to be chosen by any villagers, the woman in charge forces Susan Smith, a recluse, to take them in. The yard filled with children and teachers, the teachers organized us into lines. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. He came home with stories about the docks on the River Thames, where big ships unloaded cargo from around the world. The story is just that engaging. Book 1 of 2 in The War That Saved My Life Series, Dial Books; 1st edition (January 8, 2015). Ada watches the world through the narrow confines of the apartment window, waves to neighbors in the street, and carefully gauges the danger of being beaten during each encounter with her hateful mother. My knees were calloused, of course, but the stones hurt, and the trash and mud weren’t pleasant either. Most people were afraid. I held Jamie’s hand on my right side, for support. The day got worse. Paperback. Buy a cheap copy of The War that Saved My Life book by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. Though uneducated, Ada is intensely observant and quick to learn. Walking was so much work, I was always hungry now. "—Publishers Weekly, starred review★ "Powerful. That was the first day. My skin was paler than theirs, milky-white, except it also looked rather gray, especially around my neck. I looked around. Other than the cat, the street was empty. Wondering if The War That Saved My Life is OK for your kids? In the end it was the combination of the two, the end of my little war against Jamie, and the start of the big war, Hitler’s war, that set me free. But I’d never know, and none of this standing business was getting me any closer to Jamie. They were the only shoes in the flat, other than Jamie’s canvas shoes, which were too small even for my bad foot. Up. The village girls handing round cups of tea were sort of shiny bright, with ribbons in their hair. Already the world seemed huge to me. We can’t make out what you’re saying. But that day Jamie came home early, looking upset. “I won’t take the girl,” she said, “but I suppose I could manage the little boy.”, “You don’t want him,” I said. She reminded me of Jamie. We marched in a long line, and the teachers made us sing “There’ll Always Be an England.” Finally we got to the station, which was overflowing with more children than I knew existed in the world. “Not two hundred schoolchildren. It was interesting to be at ground level. The War That Saved My Life (War 1): Amazon.co.uk: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley: Books Select Your Cookie Preferences We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience, to provide our services, understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements, and display ads. And then, later on, my body started hurting from being so cramped. Find the complete The War That Saved My Life book series by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. You’d think from what I’ve already told you that I was at war with my mother, but my first war, the one I waged that June, was between my brother and me. “He steals. The War That Saved My Life. In the cabinet, in the dark, I couldn’t smash them. That’s what happened, though not the way I thought it would. * Newbery Honor Book* #1 New York Times Bestseller* Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award * Wall Street Journal Best Children's Books of the Year* New York Public Library's 100 Books for Reading and Sharing, An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War II, from the acclaimed author of Fighting Words, and for fans of Fish in a Tree and Number the Stars. What did you learn?”, “I went into a shop like you asked me,” Jamie said. If I let my eyes unfocus, the scene blurred and ran past me. I swung my bad foot out. At first he did, but then he made friends with a gang of boys and went running out of sight all day. “No,” he said. Not like you.”. Suppose I might. In the book The War That Saved My Life, what does Stephen White do to help Ada get to the train station? $8.99. Crazy or not, I was free. Maybe I could leave the room, and stay with Jamie, or at least go to him if he needed me. My head snapped back against the chair leg and for a moment I saw stars. “I think I gotta use the boys’ one,” Jamie said. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. And the pony was running hard. Walking was harder than in our flat. Mam smacked me. You can go wherever you like.”, “He can’t,” I said. I fell down. Does this book contain quality or formatting issues? There wasn’t any grass on our lane, nor nothing like it that I’d ever seen. But have some tea before you leave.” I gave him a mug, and a piece of bread and dripping. Like all great children's literature, it is good reading for adults too! “It’s not far.”, Another step, and my bad foot twisted. The light was tinged pink, and a faint blue haze seemed to rise off the buildings, so that everything seemed prettier than it did later in the day. I could have gotten down the stairs, even then. I pulled myself onto our second chair, lit the gas ring, and put the kettle on. And then the hall was empty, save the teachers, the iron woman, Jamie, and me. This masterful work of historical fiction is equal parts adventure and a moving tale of family and identity—a classic in the making. I kept it secret, of course. Jamie nodded. I thought it would be a good read with my 10 yo daughter, and we're working our way through it together right now. The smoothness, the flying—I recognized it with my whole body, as though it was something I’d done a hundred times before. Nice people don’t want to look at that foot.”, “I could stay with nasty people,” I said. All of a sudden I realized I was looking in a mirror. Worthless runt!” She backhanded me. "—Sheila Turnage, author of Three Times Lucky. There’s grass in the churchyard. Wow. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. I straightened my knees, and, grasping the back of the chair, I stood. Without thinking, I jumped up to dodge the blow. I didn’t want people to stare. The second day all I did was stand, holding the chair. In the mornings Mam slept late, and it was my job to get Jamie something to eat and keep him quiet until she was ready to wake up. I could smash them with a piece of paper and throw their bodies out the window. Though Susan is reluctant and insists that she knows nothing about caring for children, she does so diligently and is baffled by the girl's fearful flinching anytime Ada makes a mistake. “Show me how to use the loo,” I told him. “I do.”. I would make him stay with me. A girl right in front of me—the shabbiest, nastiest-looking girl I’d ever seen—was using a sink in front of my sink, which seemed odd. Jamie helped me off the train. The crowd was thinning out. It was a pear, though we didn’t know it then. I stood while I looked out my window. “Okay, then,” I said. Her lips moved as though she was shouting something. “What did you see today? I didn’t notice the woman walking across the yard until Jamie poked me. He was taller than me, older, I figured, but not by much. Then I’d be in the soup for sure. Pain stabbed my ankle like a knife. “No. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 15, 2017, A lovely read. Trees were tall and thin, like stalks of celery, only giant-sized. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, Read more on Amazon's Kimberly Brubaker Bradley page, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. I didn’t feel frightened. i can’t begin to describe. There's a problem loading this menu right now. I barred the door so he couldn’t get out, but he was already stronger than me. I read it to my 7-year-old. I’d been up half the night, making sure we didn’t oversleep, and now my eyelids began to settle, lower and lower, until Jamie whispered, “Ada. She was actually on top of the pony, sitting on its back, her legs hanging one off each side. “I’m going to do that,” I said. I knew it wouldn’t be long before Jamie started school. Of course, this is a book I never would have selected without the guidance of my watchful and wise librarian sister. We’d escaped. The pipe dripped sometimes, so the cabinet was always damp and smelly. I could be anywhere, on my chair or in the cabinet, and I wouldn’t be able to see anything or hear anything or even feel anything. I pushed my body forward. The iron-faced woman scowled and barked orders everyone ignored. To walk I had to put my bad foot to the ground. I pulled myself up to the seat of my chair, and I put both feet onto the floor. Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2020. They jumped the stone wall, and kept running, while the train tracks turned away from their field. Please.”. The roar of pain in my ankle subsided into a deep throbbing ache. “And so I will,” she said. "—Karen Cushman, author The Midwife's Apprentice"Beautifully told. “That’s crazy,” he said. NOOK Book. He was gone all the time, and Mam didn’t care. I didn’t know what he meant, but one of his little sisters smiled up at me. “It’s on the ground. They looked like they would smell nice. You don’t need to. I loved how the underlying theme of kindness and ultimately how kindness can change lives. In the morning, when Mam let me out, I felt dazed and sick. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. The War That Saved My Life is marketed as a *Young Readers* book, yet ranks in the top 10 of my 2016 *best of* reads. He was dirtier than the other boys too. How’d you like that?”. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, Visit Amazon's Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Page, Children's European Historical Fiction (Kindle Store), © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. “He gives me rides,” she said. “He ain’t a cripple. “I was only saying hello to Stephen White.” I knew better than to talk back, but sometimes my mouth was faster than my brain. We didn’t expect so many. The ankle didn’t work right, of course, and it hurt whenever I put weight on it, so for most of my life I never did. I crawled across the floor, keeping my scabbed-over bad foot out of Mam’s line of sight. “All of it,” I said, and we laughed out loud. I said, “What’dya mean, ‘people like me’?”. But the one time I did venture outdoors, Mam found out, and beat me until my shoulders bled. Imagine what it might be like to be sent away from home in wartime. “I’m to expect seventy mothers with infant children,” she said. No wonder it won so many awards. Nobody minds if I walk there.” Of course that was a lie. Highly recommend. go inside her head page 13. So Stephen White piggy-backed me to the station. The teacher assigned to our car fluttered around, trying to clean up the mess and stop boys from fighting and explain for the third or tenth or hundredth time that no, there weren’t any loos on this car, we would just have to hold it, and no, she didn’t know how much longer, no one even knew where the train was going, much less how long it would take. We ate bread dipped in sugar. Great characters. “Billy White says all the kids is leaving,” he said. I had poured myself a mug of tea too. The War That Saved My Life is a moving (and sometimes emotionally challenging) story about Ada and her brother's fight to survive World War II while coping with Ada's uncorrected club foot. I didn’t really even know what the word country meant. Actually, the entire family listened raptly during a 2-hour car trip even though my husband, mother, and older daughter only heard a portion of the middle of the book during the trip. “So they say.”, “Leaving London,” Mam said, “on account of Hitler, and his bombs.” She looked up, at Jamie, not me. I saw his eyes widen, afraid. The War That Saved My Life is about Ada, a young girl with a deformed foot whose mother kept her inside all her life. Paperback (Reprint) $ 8.99. Works can belong to more than one series. The air was chilly now that we weren’t moving, and the ground felt damp. They were going to be hurt. Her mouth twisted into the smile that made my insides clench. Jamie woke up. Round the headstones. Not bloody likely. The teacher supervising our car shook her head and opened the door. We’ve got to do our bit.”, “My bit don’t extend to a pack of dirty street rats,” an old man retorted. I didn’t want Mam to know until I was good at walking, and I didn’t trust Jamie not to tell her. I clamped my lips over what I might have said next, and shook my head to clear it. Lovely book.She paints great pictures with her words. That was always her threat to me. Wow! Suddenly I could feel it, the running, the jump. “Ada! I slowly shifted some of my weight from my left foot to my right. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Packed with insights into both history and human nature! What were you wanting with a chop?”. Jamie wouldn’t come home until after Mam left anyhow, and he’d always share whatever food there was with me. “Turn here,” Jamie whispered. “’Course not. I was bigger than I used to be. The characters are SOOOO endearing—we just want to spend time with them. I fell, gasping. “’Course I can.”, Stephen nodded. “We’re leaving together, we are.”. Ada’s first story, The War that Saved My Life, was a #1 New York Times bestseller and won a Newbery Honor, the Schneider Family Book Award, and the Josette Frank Award, in addition to appearing on multiple best-of-the-year lists. Jamie was waiting. I frowned at her, and she frowned back. The train stopped and started and stopped again. Released through the ‘Dial Books’ publishing house this time, it follows on directly from the first. I might have asked next. Then I lay down on the bed and sobbed from the hurt and from exhaustion. Enter the name of the series to add the book to it. I grabbed Jamie’s shoulder. I practiced moving my weight from one foot to the other. Said he didn’t need dirty beggars stealin’ his fruit, and he ran me off with a broom.”, “Oh, Jamie. He shook his head. He opened his mouth to say something, but I shook my head at him, hard, and he closed it again. Mam had been right. The mother in this story is nasty, but a mother can come in many forms. When things got really bad I could go away inside my head. Something I loved to do. The teachers pushed us together and said nice things about us. “I hurt it,” I said. The shoe helped, but by the time I’d made it to the end of the lane, my foot hurt so badly I didn’t think I could take a single step further. Nobody, that’s who. It was hard to straighten my legs. You think I want the world seeing my shame?” She threatened to board over my window if I went downstairs again. “I didn’t think you’d be coming,” he said. Jamie looked at me in amazement. I hadn’t known they could go so fast. “You poor thing,” she said. I looked up at all the unfamiliar buildings, the scrolls and fancy brickwork, the shingles, the window frames, the birds. When we bit into it, juice ran down our chins. “You pee in it, and then you flush,” he said. And some like apples, but not quite. She and her husband have two grown children and live with their dog, several ponies, a highly opinionated mare, and a surplus of cats on a fifty-two acre farm in Bris­tol, Tennessee. My room was a prison. “You know,” he said. He looked back at my face, startled. I said, “I talk to you all the time.”, “I know you wave and jibber-jabber, but”—he looked pretty uncomfortable now—“we can’t ever really hear you, down on the street. “St. I let go of the chair. I’d assumed I looked like all the other girls. That being said, THE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE was extraordinary and didn’t bore me one bit. “It’s because—because of whatever I did, to make my foot like that—”. Join Plus now. She didn’t like it. See, she’s not so hopeless as we thought.”. THIS IS ON FLEEK. You’ve no idea how much worse things can be.”. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? “No,” I said. He looked very small. “You’re here early,” she said. “That you, Ada?” said Stephen White. Mam said he was six years old, and would have to start school in the fall. I do think the book though, need to be read to children with parental guidance and explanation as there are quite horrifying scenes from the start: the mother slaps the child whenever she gets annoyed or when she gets an answer she doesn't like, puts her child inside a cupboard under a sink and calls her daughter stupid, shameful just because she's got clubfoot. I nodded. “Can’t,” Jamie said. “He has to stay where I can see him.”. The War That Saved My Life $20.99 (Library Binding) La Guerra Que Salvo Mi Vida = The War That Saved My Life (Serie Azul) $14.95 (Paperback) The War That Saved My Life $40 (CD-Audio) Hot sun poured through the windows until the air seemed to curdle. “When were you in a churchyard?” I asked. The girl was laughing, her face wide open with joy, and it was clear even to me that she meant to be on the pony. Good foot forward first this time. “Don’t you be talkin’ to nobody!” Mam said. Worse, roaches lived there. The second day was worse. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Before the noon church bells rang, the train began to move. Riding the pony. “He’s normal enough.” To Jamie she said, “You’re not like Ada. Proud of me? The girl leaned forward against the pony’s flying mane. “You can’t leave. Rector chased us out.”, I watched the green until it started to blur. “You could crawl,” he said. It was a good thing, but it didn’t happen fast enough. “We’re going to the country. I had bruises on my knees from falling, and the sores on my bad foot hadn’t healed. “It’s new,” I said. Children, their parents, and their grandparents come in to tell us how much they loved it. We’ve got to cross three more streets.”. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Finally we stopped at a quay, but a bossy woman standing there wouldn’t let us out. I dropped to my knees, shaking, and I got a rag and wiped up the mess. I slid over until my bottom covered the bloodstain, and I curled my bad foot beneath me. But I did. This is World World II genre children's book very similar to Good Night Mr Tom, in fact almost exactly like it except the main character is a little girl and her brother and a kind lady called Susan, instead of Tom. I untied him as quickly as I could. We’ll find you something to drink and eat. “I am.” I glanced at Mam, who lay on the bed, snoring, her back to us. However, I read it first, and I loved it. The War That Saved My Life is a moving (and sometimes emotionally challenging) story about Ada and her brother's fight to survive World War II while coping with Ada's uncorrected club foot. At the end of them Jamie helped me up, and we set out together into the silent early-morning streets. We were the only ones not chosen. It really made history so real for my daughter and for me too really. “I don’t care in the least what’s written on your paper,” the head teacher spat back. He added, “Blocks is the buildings in between the streets. To create a series or add a work to it, go to a "work" page. Jamie said we were supposed to be at his school at nine o’clock in the morning, hours ahead, but I’d figured the earlier we got away, the better. “Don’t start thinking you can cross me. Stephen looked surprised. In my left I had a paper bag with food in it, for breakfast. “I mean, of course you’ve got to get out of London, but our mam said they had special places for people like you.”, My mam hadn’t said anything about special places. We played games and sang songs and watched the world out the window—the iceman and his cart, the rag-and-bone man and his shaggy pony, the men coming home from the docks in the evenings, and the women hanging out wash and talking on the stoops. Parents need to know that The War That Saved My Life, which was named a 2016 Newbery Honor book, is a standout coming-of-age story set in the English countryside during World War II. She sat on the edge of the bed and peeled off her stockings, wiggling her two good feet near my face. In Ada's case, the fight for survival is as much a mental fight as a physical one due to the emotional and physical abuse that she endured from her mother. But as Jamie grew older he wanted to be with the other children, playing in the street. The buildings ended and suddenly there was green. The dirty calluses on my knees stood out beneath my faded skirt, which suddenly seemed grubby and too small. Small children cried. Wartime brings new, scary things into the characters' lives, from bomb shelters and destroyed homes to the plane crashes that kill the pilots at the nearby air base. Sure enough, all the boys were going through one door, the girls through another. Bright, vibrant, astonishing green, floating into the air toward the blue, blue sky. When her mother prepares to ship Jamie out to the countryside with other children being evacuated from London, Ada sneaks out with him. When someone picks it up to look at the back cover, other customers lean in to say how great it is. I’ll never do that again.”. Please try again. “And you wouldn’t steal.”. I hadn’t decided whether to send you. $17.99. “I’ve got to take them,” I whispered. I tied the laces tight. “Our dad dropped us off, before he had to go to work,” I said. “The War that Saved My Life”. Maybe it wouldn’t have been so bad if I’d been walking all along. After a hard day, when I was holding my leg on the bed and shaking from the effort of not crying more, I thought of Mam taking my hand to help me walk down the stairs. 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