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Dear Canada: To Stand on My Own

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ISBN: 9781443100175 Pages: 192 Ages: 9-12 Dimensions: 5.625" x 7.625"

About this book

The dark threat of polio becomes a reality for a young Prairie girl.


In the summer of 1937, life on the Prairies is not easy. The Great Depression has brought great hardship, and young Noreen's family must scrimp to make ends meet.


In a horrible twist of fate, Noreen, like hundreds of other young Canadians, contracts polio and is placed in an isolation ward, unable to move her legs. After a few weeks she gains partial recovery, but her family makes the painful decision to send her to a hospital far away for further treatment.


To Stand On My Own is Noreen's diary account of her journey through recovery: her treatment; life in the ward; the other patients, some of them far worse off than her; adjustment to life in a wheelchair and on crutches; and ultimately, the emotional and physical hurdles she must face when she returns home.


In this moving addition to the Dear Canada series, award-winning author Barbara Haworth-Attard recreates a desolate time in Canadian history, and one girl's brave fight against a deadly disease.

Awards

Shortlisted, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice) 2012
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre 2011
Commended, IBBY Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2011
Commended, IODE Canada Violet Downey Recommended List 2011

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