Review: I recommend everyone read it
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2014
Here is a book I recommend everyone read. It has historical significance as well as characters you'll love and feel you know by the time you get to the end.This story caught my attention because I grew up at a time when children got polio. One person I knew who had polio was in my Boy Scout troop. He wore leg braces to school, but eventually quit the scouts. Perhaps it was too painful for him. I remember thinking of polio as a scary thing, but never really thought it could happen to me. This book makes me wonder what the mothers of the time were thinking. In Kurt Sipolski's fictional account of growing up with polio, he gives us the viewpoint of his mother, and how she helped him succeed in life.The story takes place between 1940 and 1998. Still, it is a short book, less than a hundred pages. It jumped around in a couple of places and I wished for more details in other places. But, when I got to the end, I felt what was included was just right.The author included realistic references to people, events, places and items of the times: Segregation, wars, politics, politicians, movies, movie stars, automobiles, Dr. Salk, March of Dimes, radium watches, Australia, and Paris. All these made the story ring true for me and could be educational for younger readers.