Notes

It is December 1936 when the first polio cases are suspected. Soon a polio epidemic is sweeping the country. Schools are closed, swimming pools and movie theatres are banned to children, and travel is restricted. Tom is the best runner in the school but you can’t outrun polio, and nobody knows when it will strike next. Seeing your friends is dangerous. Caught up in the confusion, and fear, twelve-year-old Tom finds refuge in his dream : to run in the Olympics like the famous Jack Lovelock.