The Giant-Slayer (9780440239710) Iain Lawrence


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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Yearling; Reprint edition (January 10, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0440239710
ISBN-13: 978-0440239710

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7.6 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

A girl’s imagination transports polio-afflicted kids into a fantastic world download.The spring of 1955 tests Laurie Valentine’s gifts as a storyteller download. After her friend Dickie contracts polio and finds himself confined to an iron lung, Laurie visits him in the hospital download. There she meets Carolyn and Chip, two other kids trapped inside the breathing machines download. Laurie’s first impulse is to flee, but Dickie begs her to tell them a story. And so Laurie begins her tale of Collosso, a rampaging giant, and Jimmy, a tiny boy whose destiny is to become a slayer of giants.As Laurie embellishes her tale with gnomes, unicorns, gryphons, and other fanciful creatures, Dickie comes to believe that he is a character in her story. Little by little Carolyn, Chip, and other kids who come to listen, recognize counterparts as well. Laurie’s tale is so powerful that when she’s prevented from continuing it, Dickie, Carolyn, and Chip take turns as narrators. Each helps bring the story of Collosso and Jimmy to an end—changing the lives of those in the polio ward in startling ways.From the Hardcover edition.

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