Small steps
Subtitle: the year I got polio
By: Peg Kehret
Publisher: Albert Whitman; Albert Whitman & Company
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Morton Grove, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780807574577; 9780807574584; 9780613286459; 9780756912338
Subjects: Patients; Health; Biography; Poliomyelitis; Juvenile literature; Rehabilitation; American Authors
Description: The author describes her battle against polio when she was thirteen and her efforts to overcome its debilitating effects.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Diagnosis; title: Paralyzed from the neck down; title: Oxygen tent and a chocolate milkshake; title: "You can't burn my bear!"; title: Hot packs; title: Torture time; title: Star patient surprises everyone; title: Roommates; title: Sunday visitors; title: Happy thirteenth birthday; title: Dancing the hula, popping a wheelie; title: Disappointing trip; title: Great accordion concert; title: Good-bye, silver; hello, sticks; title: Plans for a pageant; title: Present for Dr. Bevis; title: Back to school; title: Epilogue; title: Special thanks.