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Coming October 2010
To Stand On My Own
The Polio Epidemic Diary of
Noreen Robertson
by Barbara Haworth-Attard

In the summer of 1937, life on the Prairies is not easy. Noreen, like hundreds of other young Canadians, contracts polio. To Stand On My Own is Noreen’s diary account of her journey through recovery.

Read an excerpt from To Stand On My Own

Books in the Dear Canada series
Alone in an Untamed Land	Banished from Our Home	Blood Upon Our Land	Brothers Far from Home	A Christmas to Remember
Days of Toil and Tears	Death of My Country	A Desperate Road to Freedom	Exiles from the War	Footsteps in the Snow
If I Die Before I Wake	No Safe Harbour	Not a Nickel to Spare	An Ocean Apart	Orphan at My Door
A Prairie as Wide as the Sea	Prisoners in the Promised Land	A Rebel's Daughter	A Ribbon of Shining Steel	A Season for Miracles
To Stand On My Own	A Trail of Broken Dreams	Turned Away	Where the River Takes Me	Whispers of War
Winter of Peril	With Nothing But Our Courage	Dear Canada Collector's Set No. 1	Dear Canada Collector's Set No. 2
Teaching with Dear Canada Vol. 1	Teaching with Dear Canada Vol. 2	Teaching with Dear Canada Vol. 3	Teaching with Dear Canada Vol. 4

	Book Checklist: An easy reference list of the entire series (385 Kb PDF)
	Alone in an Untamed Land
	Banished from Our Home
	Blood Upon Our Land
	Brothers Far from Home
	A Christmas to Remember
	Days of Toil and Tears
	The Death of My Country
	A Desperate Road to Freedom
	Exiles from the War
	Footsteps in the Snow
	If I Die Before I Wake
	No Safe Harbour
	Not a Nickel to Spare
	An Ocean Apart
	Orphan at My Door
	A Prairie as Wide as the Sea
	Prisoners in the Promised Land
	A Rebel's Daughter
	A Ribbon of Shining Steel
	A Season for Miracles
	To Stand On My Own
	A Trail of Broken Dreams
	Turned Away
	Where the River Takes Me
	Whispers of War
	Winter of Peril
	With Nothing But Our Courage
	Dear Canada Collector's Set No. 1
	Dear Canada Collector's Set No. 2
	Teaching with Dear Canada Vol. 1
	Teaching with Dear Canada Vol. 2
	Teaching with Dear Canada Vol. 3
	Teaching with Dear Canada Vol. 4
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