Its a fascinating story about Pegs ordeal with polio, how she got through it, and her. With the humor and suspense that are her trademarks, acclaimed author Peg Kehret vividly recreates the true story of her year of heartbreak and triumph.Ĭustomers who bought this item also bought. Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio is an autobiography by Peg Kehret. At first paralyzed and terrified, she fought her way to recovery, aided by doctors and therapists, a loving family, supportive roommates fighting their own battles with the disease, and plenty of grit and luck. Peg Kehret was stricken with polio when she was twelve years old. Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 In a riveting story of courage and hope, Peg Kehret writes about months spent in a hospital when she was twelve, first struggling to survive a severe case of polio, then slowly learning to walk again. Young Hoosier Book Award, Winner, Grades 4-6, 2001 Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio quiz, vocabulary & spelling words, reading logs & games. Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8" (0.40 lbs) 184 pagesĪwards: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award, Nominee, Grades 4-8, 2001 Juvenile Nonfiction | Health & Daily Living - Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Women Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical The within acceptable limits book, fiction, history, novel, scientific research, as capably as various new sorts of books are readily affable here. WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeĪnnotation: Kehret, who contracted polio in 1949, describes the diagnosis, severe symptoms, treatments, physical therapy, walking sticks and more in this moving memoir.
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