Close to Home: A Story of the Polio Epidemic
| Year of Publication |
1993
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| Publication Type |
Novel
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
55 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Author | |
| Publisher |
Viking
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| City |
New York
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| Abstract |
The spreading polio epidemic panics Betsy, a fifth grader at Falk School, but her mother and other researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s Salk Clinic work around the clock to create a vaccine against the disease. |
| Author Biography |
Lydia Weaver (1957— ), born in New York, is the author of several children's books. She is the daughter of Sylvia Short and Fritz Weaver, popular actors. Aileen Arrington (1949— ) is an elementary school teacher and illustrator. She lives in South Carolina. |
| Time |
1952 |
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