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A Miracle for Maggie
Contributor(s): Hume, Stephen Eaton (Author)

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ISBN: 0888784155     ISBN-13: 9780888784155
Publisher: Dundurn Group
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2000
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Annotation: Maggie Davis is a young girl who lives in Chester, Nova Scotia, near Halifax, when her beloved Uncle Nick is killed by diabetes. Maggie's father, who is a doctor, is greatly saddened by his brother's death, and soon has to deal with his own daughter's diagnosis with the dread disease. Various remedies are tried, including the starvation diet popular at the time, but nothing works and Maggie's condition worsens. Meanwhile, in Toronto, Banting and other doctors work night and day to perfect insulin. Will they succeed in time to save Maggie and thousands of others?
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Canada - General
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 12-15
Grade Level: 7-10
Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5.34" W x 8.28" L (0.31 lbs) 144 pages
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- Cultural Region - Canadian
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Maggie Davis is a young girl who lives in Chester, Nova Scotia, near Halifax, when her beloved Uncle Nick is killed by diabetes. Maggie's father, a doctor, is greatly saddened by his brother's death, and soon has to deal with his own daughter's diagnosis with the dread disease. Various remedies are tried, including starvation diet popular at the time, but nothing works and Maggie's condition worsens. Meanwhile, in Toronto, Banting and other doctors work night and day to perfect insulin. Will they succeed in time to save Maggie and thousands of others?


Contributor Bio(s): Hume, Stephen Eaton: - Stephen Eaton Hume teaches creative writing at the University of Victoria. He has published three picture books: Midnight on the Farm, Rainbow Bay, and Red Moon Follows Truck. His children's novel A Miracle for Maggie, available from Dundurn, was nominated for the Canadian Library Association's Children's Book of the Year. He has also published the biography Frederick Banting: Hero, Healer, Artist for young people.
 
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