Summary
“Will break readers’ hearts and then, impossibly, lift them back up. Masterful.”–Kirkus Reviews, Starred
A girl’s imagination transports polio-afflicted kids into a fantastic world.
The spring of 1955 tests Laurie Valentine’s gifts as a storyteller. After her friend Dickie contracts polio and finds himself confined to an iron lung, Laurie visits him in the hospital. There she meets Carolyn and Chip, two other kids trapped inside the breathing machines. Laurie’s first impulse i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780440239710 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0440239710 |
| Author: | Iain Lawrence, Lain Lawrence |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Yearling |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2012 |
| Weight: | 244g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 133mm x 192mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
Review, The Wall Street Journal, December 5, 2009:
“Young Readers…will not quickly forget this moving, imaginative glimpse of the not-so-long ago past.”
Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, November 16, 2009:
“Distinctive, emotionally honest characters and consistently engrossing prose make this book a standout.”
Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, October 16, 2009:
“This profound, magical, dryly comical novel reminds readers of the power of story, but they will already be feeling it in their bones. Masterful.”
Iain Lawrence
Iain Lawrence is the author of numerous novels. He lives on Gabriola Island, British Columbia.
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