Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio

Read the most by: boys and girls

In a riveting story of courage and hope, Peg Kehret tells of months spent in a hospital when she was 12, first struggling to survive a severe case of polio, then slowly learning to walk again. Her powerful account is also full of the humor that she and four spunky roommates found in daily hospital life. Kehret is author of the Frightmares series.