poliomyelitis

Presents a comprehensive study of Jonas Salk and his years of research in the 1950s on finding a vaccine for Infantile Paralysis, and discusses the controversy that surrounded his work and experiments.

Rebecca is sent to summer camp in the country because of the spreading polio epidemic in New York City, where she is troubled by a bully in her tent and another fellow camper who is strangely secretive.

The author describes her battle with polio at age thirteen and her efforts to overcome its debilitating effects.

After surviving the horrors of polio, Caroline is ashamed of her leg brace and limp and dreams of playing hockey, but first she must overcome her fears.

The author describes her battle against polio when she was thirteen and her efforts to overcome its debilitating effects.

In 1946 twelve-year-old Keely is devastated when her older brother Patrick is paralyzed by polio, and she starts a campaign to reawaken his waning interest in life.

On cover: The moving story of Roosevelt's massive disability--and the intense efforts to conceal it from the public.

In the summer of 1954, eleven-year-old Jesse James MacLean contracts polio, but with a friend's help and despite his unsympathetic father, he finds ways to prove that his spirit is still strong.

In 1946 twelve-year-old Keely is devastated when her older brother Patrick is paralyzed by polio, and she starts a campaign to reawaken his waning interest in life.

In the late 1920s, Anna tries to help her younger sister Katya regain her strength and joy in life after being crippled by polio.