Chasing Orion
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Book Description
Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2010: Another sweltering summer in Indiana, and eleven-year-old Georgie can only dream of cooling off in the community pool. It's 1952, and many kids like her are stuck at home to avoid contracting polio. Georgie's curiosity and fears are piqued when her family moves next door to Phyllis, a teenage girl afflicted with the disease. In Chasing Orion, Newb... More
Book Information
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Binding | Hardcover (3 editions) |
Reading Level | Ages 9-12 |
# of Pages | 368 |
ISBN-10 | 0763639826 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0763639822 |
Publication Date | 05/11/2010 |
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9/7/2010 Mary Sandford said:
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If the first 250 pages had been cut to 150 pages I would have loved this book. The story of living in the time when uncontrolled Polio destroyed lives tugs at your heart. Georgie's love and concern for her brother Emmett who thinks he's in love with Phyllis who lives in an Iron Lung are a great pl... more
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