| In the book Small Steps a thirteen year old girl, Peg, gets polio, and has to go to a hospital called Unniversity Hospital for the first half of her recovering and for the second part she goes to Sheltering Arms. At Sheltering Arm Peg meets her new roomates Alice, Renee, Dorothy, and Shirley were she makes friendships she doesn't want to leave.
Peg has to go through stages like getting hot packs and then using hot baths instead, or how she got a bed, then a wheelchair, then walking sticks, and then started walking on her own. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - thoughtful Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's Internal struggle/realization? Yes Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Brain/Body disability? - physical disability Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - a teen Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - Female Age: - a teen Profession/status: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 () Writing Style Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript |
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