Small+Steps,+The+Year+I+Got+Polio

=Small  Steps: The Year I Got Polio= toc

Wiki Post 3:
Why do you think memoir is important for us to read? What does memoir offer us as readers and human beings?

5/4/08 A memoir is important to read because one can learn so much: how sometimes life is hard and keeping a positive attitude will help you succeed in life. My story shows how a girl got over polio and the struggles she faces. Memoirs offer us a chance to take what people do in the book and connect it to us. Peg fights a disease with power and strength. This shows us that we shouldn’t let on negative bring us down. ~ Laura S. A memoir is important to read because the readers learn alot. They learn from mistakes the authors makke in their experience, and it also helps the reader realize some important things that he author realizes. It is also interesting to know anout how they face their problems and how you should learn about your life by the way they live theirs. It was like a myracle when Peg survived polio, it shows how she never lost her hope and she kept holding on. ~ Haggie

Wiki Post 2:
 4/16/08 I think this book inspired me because it explains that even though Peg has polio she is still living happily. Don't let a bump in the road knock you down. i think this book is a really good example to people that even though something bad happens in your ife don't let it bring you down. What do you think? ~ Laura

 4/16/08 One of the things that really surprised me was when she could swallow the milkshake. what makes a milkshake different that water or juice? what makes it easier to swallow? i guess it really did save her life! //-Haggie//

Wiki Post 1: Conflict
4/16/08 Conflict 1: I think that one of the conflicts were when the doctor tells her she has to deal with THREE types of polio; respiratory, spinal, and bulbar! that is unbelievable! I dont think anyone today could deal, or even survive with what she has. And how the milkshake saved her life. //-Haggie  // 4/16/08

Conflict 1: I think the conlfict of the story is when Peg survives polio, but has to live with a disability. i would NEVER be able to live knowing that i am not going to be the same. i would have to learn how to do all the stuff i learned before again. its amazing that Peg has friends and family who love her even with a disability unlike Alice who's family left her. ~ Laura  4/4/08- I think that this book is teaching a lot about what it is like to have polio. When i first read a couple of pages, i thought that the first page really got my attention. I think that this book could turn out to be pretty interesting! What did you think about the book? //-Haggie//