After talking to his teacher, Josh's parents decide to take him to a doctor, and things start looking up. Best of all, over time, Josh's classmates come to appreciate him as just another one of the guys. But Harry can handle it. He even challenges Too-Tall to a basketball game. Profiles seven dozen people throughout history with various physical or mental disabilities.
Additional articles provide historical background on the disability rights movement.
This book was named one of the Best Science Books for Junior High and High Schools by Science Books and Film, a review journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Becca and Sue want to be in the school talent show together. Becca and Sue is a story of Down syndrome and friendship that will inspire all youngsters. All excited about her part in the upcoming 1949 Homecoming parade in her small Minnesota town, Peg suddenly found herself feverish and unable to control the muscles of her arms and legs. Diagnosed with polio, she was quarantined and taken to a hospital in Minneapolis, and later to a rehabilitation center, where she slowly learned to walk again.