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Polio rages in 1955 and eleven-year-old Laurie Valentine's friend contracts the disease. Keeping him company, she sits by his iron lung and weaves a story about a giant-slayer. Other patients begin to appear in Laurie's tale, creating a lifeline for each of them in this well-crafted novel about illness, hope, and the power of stories.