Small Steps: the Year I Got Polio (Turtleback School & Library)

Brief Description: For use in schools and libraries only. The author describes her battle against polio when she was thirteen and her efforts to overcome its debilitating effects. Brief Description: The author describes her battle against polio when she was thirteen and her efforts to overcome its debilitating effects. Publisher Marketing: Small Steps has received the following awards: 1997 ALA Notable Book for Children, 1997 Top 10 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 1996 Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction, 1998 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (Vermont), 1998-99 Mark Twain Award (Missouri). It has been on Master Reading Lists in Tennessee, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Washington, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire. Review Citations:

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 358 (EAN 9780807574584, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 509 (EAN 9780807574584, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 766 (EAN 9780807574584, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Kehret, Peg Peg Kehret has always loved to write. As a child she wanted to be a writer or a veterinarian. Now she includes animals in most of her books and, when she isn't writing, she helps animal rescue groups. Peg's books have won more than fifty state young reader awards.