- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Albert Whitman; 1 edition (Oct 30 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0807574597
- ISBN-13: 978-0807574591
- Product Dimensions: 2.5 x 15.2 x 20.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,134,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4-6-Although young readers today might only associate the word "polio" with a vaccination, this well-written account gives them a hard look at the devastating physical and emotional effects of the disease. In l949, there were 42,000 cases reported in the U.S.; the author was the only one stricken in her hometown that year. She writes in an approachable, familiar way, and readers will be hooked from the first page on. The author details her diagnosis, treatment, frustration, and pain. Perhaps the most startling part of the book is her description of the sudden onset of the illness, coming with no warning and leaving her paralyzed. Although this is an excellent record of the progress of the disease, it is also a fascinating account of how an ordinary girl with crushes and homecoming dreams had to live for part of her adolescence in an artificial, restricted environment. In the epilogue, Kehret describes her current battle with post-polio syndrome, and brings readers up to date on the lives of her fellow patients and friends at the Sheltering Arms Hospital. An honest and well-done book.
Christine A. Moesch, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, NY
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Christine A. Moesch, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, NY
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Gr. 3^-5. This heartfelt memoir takes readers back to 1949 when the author, at age 12, contracted polio. Using fictionalized dialogue, she describes her seven-month ordeal--her diagnosis and quarantine, her terrifying paralysis, her slow and difficult recuperation--and the people she encountered along the way. Kehret supplies a few words about the illness in a foreword, but because there is little sense of how medicine has evolved since her hospitalization, some children may find the vivid picture she paints scary indeed. Scary, too, is the epilogue, in which Kehret admits to having post-polio syndrome. Curious children who love Kehret's middle-grade thrillers may pick this up, but since there's little about her life as a writer, it will most likely be children interested in medical issues who will follow through. Stephanie Zvirin
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A heart Warming Story,
By "bubbles21791" (GreenBay, WI United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio (Anniversary Edition) (Paperback)
I read this book earlier this year and it still lingers in my heart as a touching story filled with courage and hope. The seccond I picked up this book I couldn't set it down! This book makes you realize how hard the patients that have or have had polio had to suffer and how hard it is to recover from this deadly virus. I would reccommend this book to anyone at the drop of a hat.
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Small Steps- The Year I Got Polio,
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This review is from: Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio (Anniversary Edition) (Paperback)
This novel was so good that I read it 4 times!!! I really liked the metaphors that Peg Keret (the author) used. This book also helped me learn more about Polio. Read this book! I guarantee you'll love it!!! But some of the words in this book may confuse young readers. I even had a hard time with some words in this book!
5.0 out of 5 stars
The greatest book!!!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio (Anniversary Edition) (Paperback)
This is a really great book!!! ive already read it five times now!!! it's really touching and it's just a really good book! i reccommend it to anyone who loves to read because you'll really love to read this book!!!
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