<p><b>1996 Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction <br>1997 ALA Notable Books for Children <br>1997 Top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers <br>1997 Pen Center USA West Literary Award <br>1998 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award (Vermont) <br>1998-1999 Mark Twain Award (Missouri) <br>1998 Joan Fassler Memorial Book Award <br>1998-1999 Texas Bluebonnet Award, Runner-Up <br>1998-1999 William Allen White Master Reading List (Kansas) <br>1998-1999 Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Master List <br>1998-1999 Sequoyah Book Award Master List (Oklahoma) <br>1998-1999 Volunteer State Book Award Master List (Tennessee) <br>1998-1999 NH Great Stone Face Children's Book Award Master List <br>1999 Sasquatch Reading Award Master List (Washington State) <br>2000-2001 Iowa Children's Choice Awards Master List <br>2001 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Master List (Illinois) <br>2001 Young Hoosier Book Award <br>2015 Bluestem Book Award Master List</b> <p/><b>In a riveting story of courage and hope, Peg Kehret writes about months spent in a hospital when she was twelve, first struggling to survive a severe case of polio, then slowly learning to walk again.</b> <p/>Peg Kehret was stricken with polio when she was twelve years old. At first paralyzed and terrified, she fought her way to recovery, aided by doctors and therapists, a loving family, supportive roommates fighting their own battles with the disease, and plenty of grit and luck. With the humor and suspense that are her t