The Giant-Slayer

by Iain Lawrence

Book Overview

A girl's imagination transports polio-afflicted kids into a fantastic world.

The spring of 1955 tests Laurie Valentine's gifts as a storyteller. After her friend Dickie contracts polio and finds himself confined to an iron lung, Laurie visits him in the hospital. There she meets Carolyn and Chip, two other kids trapped inside the breathing machines. Laurie's first impulse is to flee, but Dickie begs her to tell them a story. And so Laurie...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440239710
• ISBN13: 9780440239710
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Random House Children's Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7