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    Calkins Creek Books, Paperback, 2010
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Blue
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4.1 out of 5
Based on 607 Ratings and 226 Reviews

Book Description
With her father away at war to fight Hitler, a young girl gains strength by joining her community in battling polio in this Parents' Choice Silver Honor Book based on the 1944 epidemic and the "Miracle of Hickory" Hospital in Hickory, North Carolina. Ann Fay Honeycutt accepts the role of "man of the house" when her father leaves because she wants to do her part for the war. She's doing well with ... More
Book Information
PublisherCalkins Creek Books
BindingHardcover (5 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages197
ISBN-101590783891
ISBN-13978-1590783894
Publication Date03/01/2006
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About Joyce Hostetter (Author) : I write middle grade historical fiction. Diseases seem to be a recurring theme! HEALING WATER (March 08) retells the story of Hawaii's history with leprosy and BLUE (2006) is the story of my hometown'... more
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