The giant-slayer
Title:
The giant-slayer
Author:
Lawrence, Iain, 1955-
ISBN:
9780440239710
Edition:
1st Yearling ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Yearling, 2012.
Physical Description:
292 p. ; 20 cm
Abstract:
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.
Subject:
| Poliomyelitis -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Imagination -- Juvenile fiction. |
| People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Medical care -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Fathers and daughters -- 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.