| Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio Contributor(s): Kehret, Peg (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807574589 ISBN-13: 9780807574584 Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1996 Annotation: Kehret, who contracted polio in 1949, describes the diagnosis, severe symptoms, treatments, physical therapy, walking sticks and more in this moving memoir. B&W illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Women - Juvenile Nonfiction | Health & Daily Living - Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 95052641 |
| Lexile Measure: 830 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8" (0.40 lbs) 184 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota - Topical - Physically Challenged |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 16150 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Peg Kehret was stricken with polio when she was twelve years old. At first paralyzed and terrified, she fought her way to recovery, aided by doctors and therapists, a loving family, supportive roommates fighting their own battles with the disease, and plenty of grit and luck. With the humor and suspense that are her trademarks, acclaimed author Peg Kehret vividly recreates the true story of her year of heartbreak and triumph. |