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How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made It Down the Mountain
Viking Adult
February 2010
On Sale: January 21, 2010
336 pages
ISBN: 0670021466
EAN: 9780670021468
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Inspirational
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, 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 navigates the dramas of high school and
an unstable home life, Josh keeps his eyes on the prize-the
2006 Paralympics in Turin, Italy. Just Don't Fall isn't just the story of a boy becoming a
man, but of a champion realizing his greatest aspiration.
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