Historical fiction grade level 4th6th blue is a historical fiction novel written about a young girl, ann fay honeycutt, during the time of world war ii in the united states. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. First, her brother contracts polio and her mother stays at the hospital with him, leaving blue to cope with minding the twins and. Symptoms often start to appear 30, 40 or more years after the initial onset of polio. Ann fay is given a pair of overalls and the job of man of the house when her father goes to fight in the war.
In 1988, the world health assembly adopted a resolution for the worldwide eradication of polio. The words polio grey and myelon marrow, indicating the spinal cord are derived from the greek. The book blue by joyce hostetter is realistic fiction because it is filled with real. Wilson shapes this impassioned book with the testimonials of more than one hundred polio victims, focusing on the years. Published 18 january 20 last updated 19 april 20 see all updates. For centuries, infants were routinely exposed to the poliovirus in their unsanitary living conditions. Blue is a lovely, extraordinary small book that is both heartwarming and historical. Post polio syndrome the weakening of ones muscles affects many polio survivors. The contents of this site are 2020 capitol hill publishing corp. David oshinsky talked about his pulitzer prizewinning book polio. On april 12, 2015, the world will celebrate the 60th anniversary of jonas salks vaccine that helped defeat a contagious.
Records from antiquity mention crippling diseases compatible with poliomyelitis. Writing from his own experience as a polio survivor, daniel j. The hill 1625 k street, nw suite 900 washington dc 20006 2026288500 tel 2026288503 fax. Peg battles going from highs to lows with polio, meting people through her journey of polio in and out of hospital rooms. This fascinating book will keep the reader captivated until the very last page. Blue by joyce moyer hostetter center for childrens literature. I enjoyed it because when i read about anns life i feel like its me in the book and i can visualize everything that is going on. Books dealing with polio score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. There are many thematic threads to this book that will be of interest to medical historians. Shes doing well with the extra responsibilities when a frightening polio epidemic strikes, crippling many local. Goats and soda so far this year, there have been only six cases of wild polio and 21 cases of vaccine.
Find out the latest information on polio this week. Many polio survivors have learned to push themselves over the years in the quest to be normal. Sleep apnoea personal story polio survivors ireland. Ann fay honeycutt accepts the role of man of the house when her father leaves to fight hitler because she wants to do her part for the war in this parents choice silver honor book. All polio survivors would benefit from reading this book.
Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author. The following is a personal account, by one of our members, edwin bailey, of living with sleep apnoea. Post polio health international created a survey asking polio survivors about their post polio medical care. As the polio epidemic hospitalizes her young brother and her mother goes to stay with him, ann fays. Poliovirus is acquired by faecaloral or oral transmission. Gross tells carol rosenstiels story of growing up with polio and overcoming it. In the book professor oshinsky chronicles the history of polio, the viral. Although the disease was first noted in 1789, only isolated cases surfaced until the first epidemic struck a village in france in 1885. Pinkbook polio epidemiology of vaccine preventable.
Mutant strains of polio vaccine cause more paraylsis than wild polio. Polio double vaccine gives better protection, study finds. Read blue by joyce moyer hostetter for free on hoopla. Polio is a communicable disease which is categorized as a disease of civilization. I think anyone that likes reading these kinds of books should definitely read. I am grateful to joyce moyer hostetter for writing this beautiful story and i am also grateful to my eleven year old. The subject of polio is a rare one in childrens fiction, and these characters and their story are worth getting to know. It is the effect of poliomyelitis virus on the spinal cord that leads to the classic manifestation of paralysis. The book gives readers a sense of what it was like to have polio and to recover from it. Jan 01, 2007 by ending his book with a discussion of the first bouts of post polio syndrome in the 1980s, oshinsky indicates that the history of polio is not a simple story of medical triumph but one marked by numerous setbacks and complications. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Post polio specialists and primary care physicians, was posted online and a version was also published in post polio health volume 30, number 2. This book complements and updates patenting the sun. Approximately 72% of poliovirus infections in susceptible children are asymptomatic.
What a blessing this book has been to me, a polio patient in 1952 at age seven. Prior to the introduction of a vaccine in 1955, infection was common, with epidemics during the summer and autumn of temperate. Blue also helped me to understand the nature of polio, its cause and history. Its a paradox of public health that being too clean can sometimes lead to disease. A thoughtful and personal analysis of this former scourge of the world, the polio journals is a fine addition to any memoir or health collections.
Poliovirus infections red book 2015 red book online. Postpolio syndrome the weakening of ones muscles affects many polio survivors. Oshinskys narrative ends at about this point, but the quest to completely eradicate polio is still ongoing. And if i write a book, i want it to have all the wonderful qualities that blue has. Oct 05, 2010 polio breaks out in newark in roths nemesis in his new novel, philip roth sets a fictional yet plausible polio outbreak in his new jersey hometown.
This doco looks at the impact of increasingly devastating outbreaks, infantile paralysis, the quest for a vaccine under jonas salk and the development of government quality control. Wilson shapes this impassioned book with the testimonials of numerous polio victims, focusing on the years between. I love taking an historical event in this case wwii and the polio epidemic of 1944,l and creating a familys beautiful and heartbreaking story from it. Living with polio is the first book to focus primarily on the personal stories of the men and women who had acute polio and lived with its crippling consequences. The marked drop in reported polio cases from 1955 to 1956 might provide final proof of the value of the vaccine if the number of polio cases in each of the previous years had been relatively constant. Shes doing well with the extra responsibilities when a frightening polio epidemic strikes, crippling many local children. This book is a straightforward history with wellcaptioned photographs. The first concerns the polio epidemic in north carolina in 1944 and the emergency hospital which came to be known as. This 340 page book is devoted to the enlightenment and empowerment of patients having some eleven interconnected chronic neurological and.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone that either lived through the 1950s and can remember the polio summers, anyone that knows anyone that was infected with the polio virus at any time or any student of general american history no need to be a specialist in medical history to read this one. Polio, short for poliomyelitis, or infantile paralysis, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. Polio is eradicated from ireland and as a result many people say i thought polio was gone when they hear about our organisation in fact, as many as 7,000 polio survivors are still living with disabilities from this disease, with many living with the late effects of polio, or post polio syndrome pps. It also describes how the search for answers to polio led to the rise of one of americas premier medical charities the march of dimesand how modern physical therapy practices emerged alongside the polio epidemics of the 20th century. This interactive map shows polio cases and disease surveillance indicators worldwide within the desired timeframe and available data, as well as environmental samples in endemic countries. By beginning to plan now, we can keep the world poliofree and ensure that the investments made in ending polio have a broad and lasting impact on childrens health and development, long after polio is gone. Blue hostetter by joyce moyer hostetter scholastic. Poliomyelitis chapter 4 2020 yellow book travelers. Blue is a lovely, small book that is both heartwarming and historic. In 1950 33,000 polio cases, 12 under 10 were reported. It helped me understand the fear my family and friends must have experienced when i was diagnosed with polio. Defeating polio, the disease that paralyzed america. Michael underwood first described a debility of the.
Ann fay honeycutt accepts the role of man of the house when her father. In 1987, the world health organization launched a global initiative to eradicate polio worldwide. Her town of hickory responds by creating an emergency hospital in three days. An american story, published by oxford university press. The year i got polio is a memoir of author peg kehrets childhood experience of polio. The book small steps is about a teen girl named peg that just discovered she has polio, her parents rushed her to the hospital to see if she could overcome this terrible disease. A fight to the finish stories of polio highlites youtube. Really liked this story based on the true story of a hospital for polio patients in. Shes doing a fine job of it until a polio epidemic strikes her hometown and her. Paralytic polio is designated as an immediately notifiable, extremely urgent disease, which requires state and local health authorities to notify cdc within 4 hours of their notification. Characters are so real and lovable, i found myself reading it out loud and doing everyones accents. A timeline for major polio events and a graph indicating the number of polio victims by year from 1900 2000 might have been useful. Aug 22, 2014 the number of countries where polio regularly circulates dropped from 125 in 1988 to just three last year pakistan, nigeria and afghanistan. Poliomyelitis often simply called polio is an acute viral infection that involves the gastrointestinal tract and occasionally the central nervous system.
Uncovering the hidden history of polio to understand and treat post polio syndrome and chronic fatigue, by dr. The weakness most often involves the legs, but may less commonly involve the muscles of the head. Written about the great hickory, nc polio epidemic of 1944, during wwii. The setting for this historical fiction novel includes an innovative polio hospital that actually exi this story brings to life the struggles of thirteenyearold ann fay honeycutts family as they deal with the effects of war and a deadly polio epidemic. The incubation period of polio, from the time of first exposure to first symptoms, ranges from three to 35 days. Written about the great hickory, nc polio epidemic of 1944, during wwii, the story involves a sweet, naive. Because of new safety requirements in handling polioviruses, cdc is the only laboratory allowed to test specimens from a suspected case of paralytic. The book blue by joyce hostetter is realistic fiction because it is filled with real life struggles 14 year old ann faces. Also it tells you about realistic things that happened years ago. Feb 18, 2017 district 5790 foundation drive to end polio now. Jul 17, 20 polio was virtually unknown before the end of the 19th century. Blue, the first book published in bakers mountain stories, is based on a real. Polio, in full poliomyelitis, also called infantile paralysis, acute viral infectious disease of the nervous system that usually begins with general symptoms such as fever, headache, nausea, fatigue, and muscle pains and spasms and is sometimes followed by a moreserious and permanent paralysis of muscles in one or more limbs, the throat, or.