Small steps : the year I got polio / Peg Kehret.
1996
RC180 .K44 1996 (Mapit)
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Title
Small steps : the year I got polio / Peg Kehret.
Author
ISBN
9780807574584 (paperback)
0807574589 (paperback)
9780807574577
0807574570
9780613286459 (Topeka binding)
0613286456 (Topeka binding)
0807574589 (paperback)
9780807574577
0807574570
9780613286459 (Topeka binding)
0613286456 (Topeka binding)
Publication Details
Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman, 1996 (Printed in the United States of America)
Language
English
Description
179 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Call Number
RC180 .K44 1996
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.1/96835/0092
Summary
The author describes her battle against polio when she was thirteen and her efforts to overcome its debilitating effects.
Note
"The design is by Scott Piehl"--Title page verso.
Awards
American Library Association Notable Children's Book 1997
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Table of Contents
Prologue
Diagnosis
Paralyzed from the neck down
Oxygen tent and a chocolate milkshake
"You can't burn my bear!"
Hot packs
Torture time
Star patient surprises everyone
Roommates
Sunday visitors
Happy thirteenth birthday
Dancing the hula, popping a wheelie
Disappointing trip
Great accordion concert
Good-bye, silver; hello, sticks
Plans for a pageant
Present for Dr. Bevis
Back to school
Epilogue
Special thanks.
Diagnosis
Paralyzed from the neck down
Oxygen tent and a chocolate milkshake
"You can't burn my bear!"
Hot packs
Torture time
Star patient surprises everyone
Roommates
Sunday visitors
Happy thirteenth birthday
Dancing the hula, popping a wheelie
Disappointing trip
Great accordion concert
Good-bye, silver; hello, sticks
Plans for a pageant
Present for Dr. Bevis
Back to school
Epilogue
Special thanks.