Description - Just Don't Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness and Made it Down the Mountain by Josh Sundquist
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 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 realising his greatest aspiration.
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