An American summer

In 1954, fourteen-year-old Christy Bannister becomes friends with twenty-three-year-old Kathryn Slade, a polio victim who lives in an iron lung.

First sentence: The news from Michigan was so stunning that, at school, it was broadcast over the P.A. into all our classrooms: Dr. Salk's vaccine worked.

Year

2002

Language

English

Publisher

Sourcebooks Landmark

Editions

1

Pages

320

ISBN

9781402200595

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