Summary

In Chapter 1, Ada’s mam screamed at her and slapped her because Ada was talking to Stephen White out the window. Mam would not allow Ada outside because she had a crippled foot. As her mother talked to her Ada slid over the smear of blood she left on the floor so her mother wouldn’t see it. Her mother ordered Ada to make tea and fix dinner.

Ada tells the reader that her story started four years ago when World War II began. Although she knew a little bit about Hitler, Ada was most concerned with a war she started that summer with her brother. Because Jamie was not crippled like Ada he was allowed to go outside and play with other children. Ada hated being alone in the apartment. One day she was so afraid of him leaving her that she...