As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
362 pp.
| Candlewick |
May, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-3982-2$17.99
(2)
4-6
During the 1950s polio epidemic, eleven-year-old Georgie obsesses about the disease. Imagine her fascination when her new teenage neighbor, Phyllis, is in an iron lung. But is Phyllis a helpless prisoner, or is she like a spider reaching out for prey? While the historical setting may be foreign to today's readers, Georgie's loneliness and her search for answers are universal.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2010