This is a true story about Peg Kehret when had polio and and her friends that had polio too. This story is amazing!!!!!!!
Small Steps
By Peg Kehret
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 4 - 7 | U | 5.2 | 28431 |
Small Steps has received the following awards: 1997 ALA Notable Book for Children, 1997 Top 10 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 1996 Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction, 1998 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (Vermont), 1998-99 Mark Twain Award (Missouri). It has been on Master Reading Lists in Tennessee, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Washington, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire.
Publisher: Novel Units, Inc.
ISBN-13: 9781581305227
ISBN-10: 1581305222
Published on 6/12/2012
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 44
Book Reviews (35)
Sense I can't find the version I read, I'll review this. This was a very touching story about a girl with polio. I think I would have been much more scared for her if this hadn't been an autobiography, because it is so suspenseful in a terrifying way. Peg Kehret, a girl living in a time that polio frightened everybody, falls down one day, and can't feel her legs. She discovers she has more than one kind of polio, which terrifies her. She is taken to a hospital far away from her family, and throughout the story, she moves from hospital to hospital. This is really sad, but such a good book. I would recommend for ages 9-12.
It is a really good biography and is full of detail. I highly recommend it.
this book is so sad! i was crying.
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I think Small Steps:The Year I Got Polio was the best auto-biography I've ever read