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Author Kehret, Peg.

Title Small steps : the year I got polio / Peg Kehret.

Publication Info. Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman, 1996.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  J362.1 KEH    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JB KEHRET    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Barney Branch - Storage  J BIO KEHRET, PEG    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Teen Department  TEEN B KEHRET    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J362.19 KEH    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J B KEHRET c.2  Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Children's Department  J B KEHRET    Check Shelf
Description 179 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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.
Summary The author describes her battle against polio when she was thirteen and her efforts to overcome its debilitating effects.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.2 4.0 16150.
Subject Kehret, Peg -- Health -- Juvenile literature.
Poliomyelitis -- Patients -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Kehret, Peg.
Authors, American.
Polio -- Patients -- Rehabilitation.
ISBN 0807574570
9780807574577
0807574589 (pbk.)
9780807574584 (pbk.)
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