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Just Don't Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made It Down the Mountain
Just Don't Fall How I Grew Up Conquered Illness and Made It Down the Mountain
Author: Josh Sundquist
A remarkable odyssey that John le Carre calls "inspiring, courageous, sometimes heartbreaking" — Josh Sundquist was an energetic and inquisitive nine-year-old when he was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a virulent cancer that eventually claimed his left leg. His extraordinary journey takes him from his small southern town-with his father,...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780670021468
ISBN-10: 0670021466
Publication Date: 1/21/2010
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Viking Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
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This book was a wonderful surprise. I've enjoyed Josh's writing in Guideposts for several years, so I picked it up at a library book sale. It is told in the no-nonsense voice of a boy who loves to run fast above all things. Just when he's excited about trying out for a traveling soccer team, they discover cancer in his leg. After it is amputated, he decides he will learn to run even though the doctors say it won't be possible. He accepts every personal disaster with humor and determination, but never self-pity. Finally he discovers skiing. He decides that he will be a ski racer because that allows him to go fast--and besides, it is sure to impress the girl he likes.
Loved the book, loved the kid.
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