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A girls imagination transports polioafflicted kids into a fantastic world.The spring of 1955 tests Laurie Valentines gifts as a storyteller. After herfriend Dickie contracts polio and finds himself confined to an iron lungLaurie visits him in the hospital. There she meets Carolyn and Chip two otherkids trapped inside the breathing machines. Lauries first impulse is to fleebut Dickie begs her to tell them a story. And so Laurie begins her tale ofCollosso a rampaging giant and Jimmy a tiny boy whose destiny is to become aslayer of giants. As Laurie embellishes her tale with gnomes unicornsgryphons and other fanciful creatures Dickie comes to believe that he is acharacter in her story. Little by little Carolyn Chip and other kids who cometo listen recognize counterparts as well. Lauries tale is so powerful thatwhen shes prevented from continuing it Dickie Carolyn and Chip take turnsas narrators. Each helps bring the story of Collosso and Jimmy to an endchanging the lives of those in the polio ward in startling ways. From theHardcover edition. «
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