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    Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio
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    Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio

    By Peg Kehret

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    The story of Peg Kehret, Small Steps is about the year that Peg got Polio. Only twelve years old, Peg faced massive struggles to survive the disease and move around and walk on her own.

    This courageous story follows Peg during her months-long stay in the hospital and learning to walk after finally being free of Polio. Her story is a testament to the importance of the polio vaccine and tells of the Polio outbreak's horrors, which took the lives of so many children. Peg's story is one of survival, hope, and courage.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlbert Whitman & Company
    Release dateJan 1, 1996
    ISBN9780807574607
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    Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio
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    Peg Kehret

    Peg Kehret has written more than forty-three books for young people, and many have won numerous awards. Her books include mysteries such as Earthquake Terror; Five Pages a Day, the story of her life as a writer; and Shelter Dogs: Amazing Stories of Adopted Strays.

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    • 5/5
      Very good book, written for a young adult. Really helps you to understand what it was like for the author to face a life with polio
    • 4/5
      When Peg was 12 years old she got polio. At first she was paralyzed from the neck down, but she gradually got better and eventually learned to walk again. This is a very accessible account of one child's battle against a debilitating disease.
    • 5/5
      This is one of my favorite books. I would highly recommend it.
    • 5/5
      Small Steps is a wonderful autobiography and simply heart-warming. I couldn't put it down and was just so fascinated by how it was like to be diagnosed with polio. I would definitely recommend it!
    • 5/5
      Great memoir of a specific time in author's life. Hard to imagine the fear that this disease must've caused and how wonderful that it is no longer a threat thanks to vaccinations. As Kehret mentions, she wept with joy when her own daughter was inoculated. From being paralyzed from the neck down at age 12, to walking again at age 13, her account of this year of her life made me very grateful for small mercies.
    • 4/5
      Peg Kehret shares her personal experiences with a disease that has been all but wiped from the world through childhood vaccinations. Her account is honest at its core with memories that will make you smile and some that will make you cry.
    • 5/5
      i love peg kehret she is the best i am so sorry about what happened to Alice and Shirley and tommy hi tommy
      if you read this book about small steps
    • 5/5
      AMazING

      It had many details and explained everything


      BEAUTIFUL