Interest Level
Grades 6 - 8
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 4.3
Lexile Measure®: 700L
DRA: Not Available
Guided Reading: Not Available
Genre
- Historical Fiction
Theme/Subject
- Disease and Illness
- Friends and Friendship
- Moving
Sensitivity
- Adult Content
- Objectionable Language
Reading Quiz Programs
About This Book
Eleven-year-old Georgia resents feeling like a captive in her own home due to the polio epidemic that's sweeping Indiana in 1952. After she befriends a teenage neighbor who's confined to an iron lung, Georgia begins to see things differently.About the Authors or Illustrators
Newbery Honor author Kathryn Lasky's body of work ranges from such critically acclaimed books as Beyond the Burning Time to the bestselling Guardians of Ga'Hoole series.
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