The giant-slayer, Iain Lawrence
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The giant-slayer, Iain Lawrence
Language
eng
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fiction
Main title
The giant-slayer
Medium
electronic resource
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Iain Lawrence
Summary
Award-winning author Iain Lawrence creates an entertaining and magical adventure in The Giant-Slayer. It's 1955, and Laurie Valentine's best friend Dickie has contracted polio. Confined to a breathing machine in the hospital, he begs Laurie to stay by his side and tell him a story. As Laurie creates the tale of the giant Collosso and the young boy destined to stop him, Dickie starts to believe he's part of the story. But when Laurie is forced to stop telling the story, Dickie has to reach within himself to create his own ending
Target audience
juvenile
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- Poliomyelitis -- Fiction
- Imagination -- Fiction
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Poliomyelitis -- Juvenile fiction
- People with disabilities -- Fiction
- Medical care -- Fiction
- Storytelling -- Fiction
- People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction
- Medical fiction
- Imagination -- Juvenile fiction
- Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction
- Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction
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- Poliomyelitis -- Fiction
- Imagination -- Fiction
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Poliomyelitis -- Juvenile fiction
- People with disabilities -- Fiction
- Medical care -- Fiction
- Storytelling -- Fiction
- People with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction
- Medical fiction
- Imagination -- Juvenile fiction
- Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction
- Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction
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- Narrator1