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Close to Home: A Story of the Polio Epidemic

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By Lydia Weaver
Publisher Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - (Puffin)
Close to Home: A Story of the Polio Epidemic
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In the summer of 1952, Betsy sees her vacation fun overshadowed by the spreading polio epidemic, while her mother and other scientists work frantically to develop a vaccine for the crippling disease.

7926 words7,926 words
64 pages64 pages
Lexile 570LLexile 570L
Grade 3 to 6Grade 3 to 6

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Book ISBN:

9780140360837

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