|aWhen teenager Ann Fay takes over as "man of the house" for her absent soldier father, she struggles to keep the family and herself together in the face of personal tragedy and the 1940s polio epidemic in North Carolina
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|aFriendship--Fiction
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|aFriendship--Juvenile fiction
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|aPoliomyelitis--Fiction
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|aPoliomyelitis--Juvenile fiction
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|aRace discrimination--Fiction
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|aRace discrimination--Juvenile fiction
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|aNorth Carolina--History--20th century--Fiction
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|aAmerican Association of University Women Award for Juvenile Literature|bAW|cCBS
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|aBest Books for Young Readers|bAW|cCBS
991
|aBest Children's Book of the Year|bAW|cCBS
991
|aCharlie May Simon Master List|bAW|cCBS
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|aChildren's Book Awards (Intermediate Fiction)|bAW|cCBS
991
|aNorth Carolina Children's Book Award, Junior Books Nominee|bAW|cCBS
991
|aParents' Choice Silver Honor|bAW|cCBS
991
|aSouth Carolina Junior Book Award Master List|bAW|cCBS
991
|aVirginia Readers' Choice, Middle School Master List|bAW|cCBS
With her father away at war to fight Hitler, a?young girl gains strength by joining her community in battling polio in this story based on the 1944 epidemic and the "Miracle of Hickory"ospital in Hickory,orth Carolina. Ann Fay Honeycutt accepts the role of "man of the house" when her father leaves because she wants to do her part for the war. She's doing well with the extra responsibilities when a frightening polio epidemic strikes, crippling many local children. Her town of Hickory responds by creating an emergency hospital in three days. Ann Fay reads each issue of the newspaper for the latest news of the epidemic. But soon she discovers for herself just how devastating polio can be. As her challenges grow, so does her resourcefulness. In the face of tragedy, Ann Fay discovers her ability to move forward. She experiences the healing qualities of friendship and explores the depths of her own faithfulness to those she lovesven to one she never expected to love at all.
With her father away at war to fight Hitler, a?young girl gains strength by joining her community in battling polio in this story based on the 1944 epidemic and the "Miracle of Hickory"ospital in Hickory,orth Carolina. Ann Fay Honeycutt accepts the role of "man of the house" when her father leaves because she wants to do her part for the war. She's doing well with the extra responsibilities when a frightening polio epidemic strikes, crippling many local children. Her town of Hickory responds by creating an emergency hospital in three days. Ann Fay reads each issue of the newspaper for the latest news of the epidemic. But soon she discovers for herself just how devastating polio can be. As her challenges grow, so does her resourcefulness. In the face of tragedy, Ann Fay discovers her ability to move forward. She experiences the healing qualities of friendship and explores the depths of her own faithfulness to those she lovesven to one she never expected to love at all.