The giant-slayer / Iain Lawrence.

The giant-slayer / Iain Lawrence.

By
Lawrence, Iain, 1955-

Publication Date
2009

Publication Information
New York : Delacorte Press,

Edition
1st ed.

Physical Description
292 p.

Subject Term
Poliomyelitis -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Imagination -- Juvenile fiction.
 
People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Medical -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Canadian fiction -- Juvenile fiction.

Summary
When her eight-year-old neighbor is stricken with polio in 1955, eleven-year-old Laurie discovers that there is power in her imagination as she weaves a story during her visits with him and other patients confined to iron lung machines.

Language
English

ISBN
9780385733762


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