Nine-year-old Margaret, confined to a wheelchair by spina bifida, longs for a new, lightweight "sportsmodel" chair so that she can speed around as fast as the athletic brother with whom she has an ongoing rivalry.
Presents a comprehensive guide for parents of children with spina bifida that describes the symptoms and causes of the disease, legal rights and insurance issues, physical therapy, and working through the grief and guilt.
In a school assignment, seven-year-old Moses, who has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair, reflects that his neighbor's disabled iguana resembles him because they both have figured out how to get where they want to be in different ways than those around them.
Introduces young readers to the life of top wheelchair racer Jean Driscoll, describing her childhood, her triumph over spina bifida, her racing career, and other related topics.
Reviews the history of research into spina bifida, a developmental birth defect which results in various degrees of disability, discusses the genetic basis of the disease, and explains what it is like to live with spina bifida and the search for a cure.
