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English
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In autumn 1932 Tommy McKnight, a twelve-year-old boy disabled by polio, and bullied at school for his disability--but inspired by Franklin Roosevelt's story and his campaign for the presidency, decides to run for the seventh grade class presidency at his Brooklyn school.
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1941, circumstances bring together Brick, a boy from New York's apple country, and Mariel, a young girl made shy by her bout with polio, and the two make a journey from Brooklyn back to help Brick's elderly neighbors save their apple crop and to help Mariel learn about her past.
4) Dust storm
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Oklahoma Hall of Fame ; Oklahoma Heritage Association Publishing
Pub. Date
�2016.
Language
English
5) Blue
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Ann Fay Honeycutt becomes the man of the house at age thirteen after her father leaves to fight in World War II, forcing Ann to give up her childhood and tend to her family, but when a polio epidemic strikes, Ann faces the most devastating challenge of her life.
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Publisher
Stepping Stones Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014, ©2013.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true strory. Norman Kamp dreams of riding a horse just like Hopalong Cassidy and won't let polio hold him back. America is in the midst of the Great Depression and the Kamp family is overwhelmed by the dismal economy. Everything begins to change when they scrape together a dollar in coins to use for a gift exchange.
