Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio
Book Description
In a riveting story of courage and hope, Peg Kehret tells of months spent in a hospital when she was 12, first struggling to survive a severe case of polio, then slowly learning to walk again. Her powerful account is also full of the humor that she and four spunky roommates found in daily hospital life. Kehret is author of the Frightmares series.
Book Information
Publisher | Albert Whitman & Co |
Binding | Hardcover (12 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 184 |
ISBN-10 | B0096EFULA |
Publication Date | 01/1996 |
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About Abby Levine (Editor) : Abby Levine is a published author and an editor of children's books. Some of the published credits of Abby Levine include This Is The Matzah, Daddies Give You Horsey Rides, This Is the Turkey, and Thi... more
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11/11/2012 Jerry Davis said:
tags: I recommend, I read
Peg Schulze Kehret's account of her fight against polio (1949-50), which struck her at age 12, vividly recalls her hospitalization and treatment even though she wrote the story over four decades later. Kehret's current struggle with postpolio syndrome underlines the dreaded power of the disease. Her... more
tags: I recommend, I read
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