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The Giant-Slayer /

Lawrence, Iain, 1955- , author.

The Giant-Slayer / Iain Lawrence. - First edition. - New York : Delacorte Press, 2009. - 292 pages ; 22 cm

When her eight-year-old neighbor is stricken with polio in 1955, eleven-year-old Laurie discovers that there is power in her imagination as she weaves a story during her visits with him and other patients confined to iron lung machines.

Middle grade.

9780385733762

2008035409


Poliomyelitis--Fiction.
Storytelling--Fiction.
Imagination--Fiction.
People with disabilities--Fiction.
Medical care--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Fiction.


FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / General.
FICTION / Fantasy / General.

PZ7.L43545 / Gid 2009

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