The Giant-Slayer
The Giant-Slayer A girl's imagination transports polio-afflicted kids into a fantastic world.The spring of 1955 tests Laurie Valentine's gifts as a storyteller. There she meets Carolyn and Chip, two…
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The Giant-Slayer
A girl's imagination transports polio-afflicted kids into a fantastic world.The spring of 1955 tests Laurie Valentine's gifts as a storyteller. There she meets Carolyn and Chip, two other kids trapped inside the breathing machines. After her friend Dickie contracts polio and finds himself confined to an iron lung, Laurie visits him in the hospital.
And so Laurie begins her tale of Collosso, a rampaging giant, and Jimmy, a tiny boy whose destiny is to become a slayer of giants.As Laurie embellishes her tale with gnomes, unicorns, gryphons, and other fanciful creatures, Dickie comes to believe that he is a character in her story. Laurie's first impulse is to flee, but Dickie begs her to tell them a story. Little by little Carolyn, Chip, and other kids who come to listen, recognize counterparts as well.
Laurie's tale is so powerful that when she's prevented from continuing
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