What common ground would a girl from Brooklyn and a farm boy from Windy Hill find in the summer of 1941? They both are Dodgers' fans, and they both have problems that will bring them together in search of answers. Will Brick ever get to go home to the family's apple farm? Will Mariel be able to overcome the crippling effects of polio? Will she find her mother? Along with their love of baseball, the courage and determination of Brick and Mariel help them face their problems as they forge a strong friendship that will take them all the way home to find their treasures.  All the Way Home provides a thoughtful and inspiring character study for everyone, ages 8+.

Research Links:

Apples
Nature's Numbers

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All the Way Home.

Book Connections

Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio
Peg Kehret's true story about her struggle with polio.
Nory Ryan's Song
Riveting historical fiction about other who over come hardship, this time in the Irish potato famine...by Patricia Giff.
The Hero of Bremen
A handicapped cobbler shows us what a hero really is.
Leah's Pony 
The Depression forces a tough decision 
for another farm family.

Research Links
for All the Way Home:

The Dodgers

Did the Dodgers win 
the World Series in 1941?

Ebbets Field: Preserving Baseball's Lost Shrine

Polio

Famous Polio Survivors
Polio Timeline
Dr. Jonas Salk
Dr. Jonas Salk, Inventor of Polio Vaccine
Albert Sabin, Inventor of the Oral Polio Vaccine
On the Edge:  Paralyzing Polio

 

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Happy Days Are Here Again
FDR's Campaign Song in 1932

 

Spanish/English Apple Song

 

 

 

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