Summary
When a beautiful teen with polio enters their lives, a girl and her older brother find themselves drawn into a web of lies in this compelling novel by a best-selling author.
Eleven-year-old Georgie loves science-fiction movies, but she won’t be going to the theater anytime soon. It’s a hot Indiana summer in 1952, and public places from pools to camps are closing to slow the spread of polio. Despite all the headlines, Georgie never thought she’d come as close to the fearful disease as …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780763639822 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0763639826 |
| Author: | Kathryn Lasky |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 11 May 2010 |
| Weight: | 447g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 141mm x 200mm |
| Audience Age: | 10-14 |
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Critics Review
“Lasky creates an unusually credible, likable 11-year-old voice and expertly maps Georgie’s emotional terrain, a rich landscape shaped by literature and peppered with sound bites such as ‘I was very malaised’ and ‘I like reasons for stuff.’ A truly extraordinary page-turner that embraces life’s big and small aspects with humor and a healthy respect for its profound contradictions.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Kathryn Lasky
Kathryn Lasky is the author of many acclaimed books of fiction and nonfiction, including One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin and Sugaring Time, a Newbery Honor book. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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