Title: Green door to the sea
Description: This is a book about a young girl recovering from polio.  As she regains her physical strength she finds hobbies and interests that help her heal mentally as well as physically as she builds friendships, reclaims her place in her family, and regains her ability to perform everyday tasks.  This book is very dated and includes racial and sexist stereotypes, but as such it reflects the time and place it represents.
Places: Jamaica
Time periods: 1950s