The Giant-Slayer

The Giant-SlayerBy: Iain Lawrence A girls imagination transports polio afflicted kids into a fantastic world. The spring of 1955 tests Laurie Valentines gifts as a storyteller. After her friend Dickie contracts polio and finds himself confined to an iron lung, Laurie visits him in the hospital. There she meets Carolyn and Chip, two other kids trapped inside the breathing machines. Lauries first impulse is to flee, but Dickie begs her to tell them a story. And so

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