Close to home : a story of the polio epidemic / by Lydia Weaver ; illustrated by Aileen Arrington.

By:

Weaver, Lydia

Contributor(s):

Arrington, Aileen [ill.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Once upon AmericaPublication details: New York : Puffin, 1997, c1993.Description: 55 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:

0140360832

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PZ7.W3585 Cl 1997

Summary: In the summer of 1952, Betsy sees her vacation fun overshadowed by the spreading polio epidemic, while her mother and other scientists work frantically to develop a vaccine for the crippling disease.

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In the summer of 1952, Betsy sees her vacation fun overshadowed by the spreading polio epidemic, while her mother and other scientists work frantically to develop a vaccine for the crippling disease.

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