An American summer
a novel
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Word Count
57,250 words, Guess
Page Count
229 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3552669M
- ISBN-101570719926
- OCLC Control Number49284172
- OCLC Control Numberamericansummerno00defo
- Library of Congress Control Number2002003401
and 2 more
- Goodreads1313618
- LibraryThing383096
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3554.E37 A83 2002
Description
In 1954, fourteen-year-old Christy Bannister becomes friends with twenty-three-year-old Kathryn Slade, a polio victim who lives in an iron lung.
First Sentence
The news from Michigan was so stunning that, at school, it was broadcast over the P.A. into all our classrooms: Dr. Salk's vaccine worked.
Excerpt
The news from Michigan was so stunning that, at school, it was broadcast over the P.A. into all our classrooms: Dr. Salk's vaccine worked.
Subjects
Topics
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Genres
- Fiction.
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- An American summer: a novel
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