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Genre/Form: | Historical fiction Fiction History Romans, nouvelles, etc |
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Material Type: | Elementary and junior high school, Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Joyce Moyer Hostetter |
ISBN: | 9781590788950 1590788958 9781590786062 1590786068 |
OCLC Number: | 767593806 |
Awards: | Commended for Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) (Fiction) 2009 Short-listed for Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award 2011 |
Description: | 306 pages ; 21 cm |
Responsibility: | Joyce Moyer Hostetter. |
Abstract:
In 1945 Hickory, North Carolina, Ann Fay's father is back from the war but she must still rely on her own strength and determination as she faces the problems of her polio-induced disability and her father's failure to get a job. Includes facts about the disability rights movement.
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"Contains vivid descriptions of postwar rural America, polio treatment, small-town life, the ravages of war and the importance of family." -Kirkus Reviews"The best part of Comfort is Hostetter's loving depiction of life in the rural South in the 1940s." -Booklist"Exceptional historical fiction." -School Library Journal Read more...
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