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Small Steps, the Year I Got Polio
Contributor(s): Kehret, Peg (Author)

ISBN: 0807574589 ISBN-13: 9780807574584
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: January 1996
Annotation: Kehret, who contracted polio in 1949, describes the diagnosis, severe symptoms, treatments, physical therapy, walking sticks and more in this moving memoir. B&W illustrations.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical

Dewey: B

LCCN: 95052641

Age Level: 9-12

Grade Level: 4-7

Lexile Measure: 830(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 7.9" (0.40 lbs) 184 pages

Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Geographic Orientation - Minnesota
- Topical - Physically Challenged

Features: Illustrated, Price on Product

Awards: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award, Nominee, Grades 4-8, 2001
Young Hoosier Book Award, Winner, Grades 4-6, 2001

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 16150
Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
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.

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