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A Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Book

With her father on the frontlines of World War II, a young girl gains strength by joining her community’s battle against the 1944 polio epidemic

Ann Fay Honeycutt accepts the role of “man of the house” when her father leaves because she wants to do her part for the war. She’s doing well with the extra responsibilities when a frightening polio epidemic strikes, crippling many local children.

Her town of Hickory, North Carolina responds by creating an emerge...