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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, an aspiring pastor questioning his faith, and his mother, a rigidly conservative homeschool teacher--through a dizzying array of hospitals, on to high school, and then to the mountains, where Josh learns to ski. On the slopes, Josh's world bursts wide open and he finds within him the drive to become a champion skier, despite his disability. While he…
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4 editions- Audiobook · English · 2010Recorded Books · 9781440782589
- Paperback · English · 2010Penguin Books · 336 pages · 9780143118787
- Other · English · 2023Penguin Young Readers Group · 9780593621998
- Other · English · 2010Viking · 322 pages · 9780670021468
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