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Boston, MA: HMH Books for Young Readers, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First US Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine/No DJ. 243pp.
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The Wonder Kid Hardcover - 2006
by George Harrar; Zachary Shuster Harmsworth Literary Agen
It’s 1954, a year when polio, known as the great crippler of children, terrified parents. Jesse’s mom won’t let him go to the playground or hang out with friends for fear that he will catch the diseaseso Jesse stays home, making up his own games with his grandfather and dog, Gort.
No matter what Jesse does, he can’t seem to please his father, who wanted a basketball-baseball-football kind of son. Instead, Jesse spends his days drawing pictures, watching cowboy movies, and playing war with his army of metal soldiers.
Then polio strikes, paralyzing Jesse’s legs. With the help of an unlikely girlfriend, Jesse turns his imagination to creating comic strips, reinterpreting his life as The Wonder Kid, with the power to make things happen by thinking them.
In this strange summer of UFOs and fallout shelters and deadly hurricanes, Jesse discovers just how much he has in common with his father and what it really means to be a hero.
No matter what Jesse does, he can’t seem to please his father, who wanted a basketball-baseball-football kind of son. Instead, Jesse spends his days drawing pictures, watching cowboy movies, and playing war with his army of metal soldiers.
Then polio strikes, paralyzing Jesse’s legs. With the help of an unlikely girlfriend, Jesse turns his imagination to creating comic strips, reinterpreting his life as The Wonder Kid, with the power to make things happen by thinking them.
In this strange summer of UFOs and fallout shelters and deadly hurricanes, Jesse discovers just how much he has in common with his father and what it really means to be a hero.
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It’s 1954, a year when polio, known as the great crippler of children, terrified parents. Jesse’s mom won’t let him go to the playground or hang out with friends for fear that he will catch the diseaseso Jesse stays home, making up his own games with his grandfather and dog, Gort.
No matter what Jesse does, he can’t seem to please his father, who wanted a basketball-baseball-football kind of son. Instead, Jesse spends his days drawing pictures, watching cowboy movies, and playing war with his army of metal soldiers.
Then polio strikes, paralyzing Jesse’s legs. With the help of an unlikely girlfriend, Jesse turns his imagination to creating comic strips, reinterpreting his life as The Wonder Kid, with the power to make things happen by thinking them.
In this strange summer of UFOs and fallout shelters and deadly hurricanes, Jesse discovers just how much he has in common with his father and what it really means to be a hero.
No matter what Jesse does, he can’t seem to please his father, who wanted a basketball-baseball-football kind of son. Instead, Jesse spends his days drawing pictures, watching cowboy movies, and playing war with his army of metal soldiers.
Then polio strikes, paralyzing Jesse’s legs. With the help of an unlikely girlfriend, Jesse turns his imagination to creating comic strips, reinterpreting his life as The Wonder Kid, with the power to make things happen by thinking them.
In this strange summer of UFOs and fallout shelters and deadly hurricanes, Jesse discovers just how much he has in common with his father and what it really means to be a hero.
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- Title The Wonder Kid
- Author George Harrar; Zachary Shuster Harmsworth Literary Agen
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 245
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin, Boston
- Date 2006-04-24
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780618563173 / 0618563172
- Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 7.2 x 5.36 x 1.07 in (18.29 x 13.61 x 2.72 cm)
- Ages 09 to 12 years
- Grade levels 4 - 7
- Library of Congress subjects Fathers and sons, Friendship
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005019080
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Harrar adeptly maintains a boy's perspective while inserting humor, trivia, and historical information into an otherwise harrowing situation.
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